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F"iG. 7. — Finest Oak at Daxburv. 



There is a tree in front of Danbury Palace with a bole thirty-one 

 feet in circumference, another with bole twenty-seven feet ; and 

 behind the Palace, in a fence, there are four large trees having trunks 



Fig. 8. — Oak Tree at Danbury Palace. 



twenty-three to twenty-seven feet in circumference. There are also 

 many other fine examples in the Park, which is so well worthy of 

 a visit from lovers of trees. v ■ = 



Several Bishops of the Diocese of Rochester and St. Albans have 

 taken a pride in these trees. Bishop Claughton took a special 

 delight in showing them to his friends, who must have sometimes 

 felt a certain fitness in having these ancient forest giants shown to 

 them by so venerable an old gentleman. 



