192 "a few notches on old trees." 



has a circumference of 19 ft. — tlie two principal limbs 15 ft. 

 and 12 ft. in circumference. A similar species of willow, 

 viz., tlie Salix alba, grows at Haverholm Park, in Lincoln- 

 shire. It was thus described in the Gardener s Chronicle for 

 Sept. 23rd last ('93) : " At 1 ft. from ground, 27 ft. 4 in. 

 in circumference ; at 4 ft. from ground, 20 ft. 5 in. in 

 circumference ; at 7 ft. from the ground, 28 ft., owing to pro- 

 tuberances at base of the limbs. At 8 ft. from ground the 

 tree breaks into eight large limbs, each equal to an ordinary- 

 sized tree. It is 40 ft. high, and spread of branches 40 ft. 

 on one side, and 28 on the other. It is perfectly sound in 

 bole and limb. Supposed age, 1,000 years. It stands on a 

 slight elevation, very like the bank of a river, probably the 

 ancient bed of the Slea. A gooseberry bush grows from a 

 hollow between two branches, and a thorn tree lower down." 



Ash. — Apparently the largest stands in Woburn Park, the 

 seat of the Duke of Bedford, in Bedfordshire. It is 90 ft. 

 high, and of this the stem measures 28 ft. It is 23| ft. in 

 circumference on the ground, 20 ft. at 1 foot, and 15 ft. 3 in. 

 at 3 ft. from the ground. 



There are several trees in various parts of the country 

 which are higher, but none that contain such a bulk of 

 timber. The extreme age of the ash does not seem to 

 exceed 300 years. 



The age of the lime is much greater. Authorities state that 

 it may live for more than 1,000 years, viz., 1076 and 1147. 

 We have no lime in this country approaching anything like 

 this age. The largest is probably the one at Moor Park, 

 in Hertfordshire. It is about 100 ft. in height, and has a 

 circumference of 24 ft. at the ground, and throws out 19 

 large branches of 8 ft. each in girth, to the distance of 

 from 70-80 ft. 



At Troas, in the Grisons, there existed at the beginning of 



