38 NOTICES OF REMARKABLE TREES IN NORTHUMBERLAND. 



the west side of tlie Black Church, St. Peter's, and between the 

 river and the entrance gate. The tree is about 25 feet high; a 

 large limb has been broken on the north side, and is now sup- 

 ported by a prop ; it measures 6 feet at the base, and 7 ft; 6 in. 

 one yard high. I do not know whether it bears fruit now, but 

 I have been informed that an old lady remembers gathering 

 fruit from it many years ago. 



Silver Fir, Picea pectinata. Pinus picea. Linn. — At Hart- 

 burn there are two splendid specimens of this tree, growing on 

 the south side of the river Hart, in the dene; they are not seen 

 to the greatest advantage, being too much closed up by other 

 trees. Mr. Selby, in his work on British Trees, says they were 

 planted |ii>out 102 years ago; one of them was nearly 140 feet 

 high in 1842. The largest is forked about 25 feet up the bowl; 

 it measures 14 ft. 8 in., at the base, and 11 ft. 2 in. one yard high. 

 The smaller tree is unfortunately only 3 yards distant from its 

 elder or more fully grown brother, and measures 12 ft. 5 in. on 

 the ground, and 10 ft. 4 in. one yard above. 



Yew Tree, Taxus baccata, Linn. — Very near these silver firs 

 are four yew trees, close to the river side, and about 10 feet 

 apart from each other. They are about 35 feet high, and mea- 

 sure 5 ft. 6 in., 4 ft. 5 in., 4 ft. 9 in., and 6 ft. G in. In the 

 garden at Netherwitton, the seat of Raleigh Trevelyan, Esq., 

 is a yew which branches out at two or three feet from the 

 ground, into innumerable branches, and measures 8 feet on the 

 ground, and 9 ft. 10 in. one yard above. 



Holly, Ilex Aqnifoliumy Linn. — This beautiful evergreen is 

 to be found in almost all the large woods in this county. In 

 the Trench Wood, south-west of Netherwitton, on the north side 

 of the road, and at the north-west corner of the wood, are some 

 very fine specimens. One of these measures 7 ft. 6 in. one yard 

 above the ground ; the branches spring about 4 feet from the 

 ground, and arch over, and very nearly touch the ground; the 

 space enclosed by the branches is 30 feet in diameter. Near to 

 this tree is another of a xary different growth, measuring 9 ft. 

 7 in. in girth. 



