NOTICES OF REMARKABLE TREES IN NORTHUMBERLAND. 37 



Beech, Fagus sylvatica, Zm?z.— Tliis tree grows remarkably 

 well in this county ; some fine specimens may be seen at New- 

 minster Abbey, near Morpeth, one of which measures 13 ft. 5 in,, 

 and contains 250 feet of wood; a photograph of this tree I ob- 

 tained from my friend Mr. Creighton, of Morpeth. Behind the 

 garden at Capheaton, the seat of Sir John Swinburne, there are 

 some very fine beeches; one measures 14 ft. at one yard above 

 the ground. 



Spanish Chesnut, Castanea vesca. — There is as large a speci- 

 men of this tree as I have seen in the county, growing on the 

 east side of Bywell Hall, the seat of W. B. Beaumont, Esq., 

 M.P. ; the bowl is not more than 6 ft. high, but it is a finely 

 shaped tree, and measures 12 ft, 9 in. ground level, and l%ft. 8 in. 

 one yard high. 



On the west side of the house are several Walnut Trees, 

 Juglans regia, Linn., the finest of which measures 13 ft. 6 in. at 

 the ground, and 10 ft. 10 in. one yard high. There are many 

 interesting trees congregated together at Bywell. On the east 

 of the house, within the garden wall, is a very fine specimen of 

 the stone pine; the bowl is 18 ft. high, and the tree measures 

 10 ft. 6 in. at the base, and 8 ft. 7 in. one yard above the ground. 

 On the lawn on the east side of the house is a beautiful specimen 

 of the oak. I have not had time to examine the tree accurately, 

 but imagine it is what is called the cut-leaved oak; its branches 

 come close to the ground, and cover a space of ground the dia- 

 meter of which is 16 yards; at the base it measures 8 ft., and 

 7 ft. 1 in. one yard above the ground. 



Sycamore, Acei- Pseudo-platanus. — Bywell again j^roduces a 

 fine specimen of this tree, which measures at the ground 13 ft. 

 3 in., and 10ft. 9 in. one yard above; but I believe the finest speci- 

 men we have of this tree is to be found at Mitford. Mr. Selby 

 says its trunk is 11 feet in girth before it branches, and measures 

 near the ground 22 feet, and 16 feet a little below the branches, 

 and contains 327 feet of timber. Bywell contains also one great 

 rarity and curiosity, at least in this part of England — a very old 

 (standard) Mulberry free; it is growing very near the Tyne, on 



