THE OAK TREE IN ESSEX. 



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very fine tree, probably destined in future years to become one of 

 the remarkable oaks of the county. Its boughs stretch ninety- 

 nine feet, and its trunk measures sixteen feet six inches, at five feet 

 from the ground. Should any of my readers wish to visit this oak, 

 let me recommend them to go in the spring of the year. Stisted 

 Park and parish abounds in crimson and white-flowered thorns, and 

 anything more bright and beautiful than this spot when the bushes 

 are blossoming, I cannot imagine. 



I'll.,. 22. -Wi )iiL)iiA.\i Moi: riMicK' Oai-;. 



]]/oodha)n Mortimer Oak. — At Woodham Mortimer there is a 

 grand oak tree with a trunk twenty-four feet in circumference. 



Fig. 23. — OaIC at " REnFOKDS, HAVKlUNG-ATTIi-BoWF.:. 



