36 NOTICES OF REMARKABLE TREES IN NORTHUMBERLAND. 



these, on the north bank of the river Wansbeck and west of the 

 bridge at Walb"ngton,is growing, undisturbed by other trees, on 

 a fine rich hangh ; it has a clean bowl of 18 ft., and measures 20 ft . 

 in circumference at the ground, and 16 ft. 4 in. one yard above. 

 Another grows on the north side of St. Peter's Church at By well, 

 18 ft. at the ground, and 13 ft. 8 in. one yard high. Another very 

 old and fine tree grows near the inn at Whittingham, on the Aln. 

 In the neighbourhood of Morpeth there are several specimens of 

 that variety called the Cowpen ash ; it is a most gracefully grow- 

 ing tree, witli long, pendulous branches. One is growing on the 

 west side of the turnpike road, about 100 yards from the top of 

 the hill going out of Morpeth to the north. 



Elm," Scotch, or Wych, Ulmus montana. — This is by far the 

 most common kind of elm in this part of England, and is not a 

 very popular one in woods ; it rarely has a straight bowl like 

 the other kinds, but branches out very soon, and throws out im- 

 mense branches ; it takes up a great deal of space, and is not very 

 profitable, but in a hedge row, where they have plenty of room, 

 they are very handsome, and any one who has gone along the 

 road from Jedburgh to Kelso must have been struck with the 

 very long avenue of these trees. A good specimen may be seen 

 at Wallington, the seat of Sir Walter C. Trevelyan, between 

 the house and the garden; it has seen its best days, and is now 

 decaying; at the ground it measures 16 ft. 7 in., and 14 ft. 4 in. 

 one yard above. 



Elm, English, Ulmus campestris. — A specimen of the English 

 elm must have been observed by any one who has visited that 

 very beautiful place, Bywell ; it grows very near the old village 

 cross, and has a seat round it; it measures 12 ft. at the ground, 

 and 10 ft. one yard high. 



Birch, American, Betula populifolia? nigra? — There are 

 two or three specimens of this tree at Wallington, the largest 

 is 7 ft. 3 in. at the ground, and 6 ft. one yard above. The common 

 birch, B. glutinosa, is indigenous in all the gills on the moors in 

 this county, but I do not know of any very large specimen, or 

 of one worthy of being recorded here. 



