MEASUREMENTS OF TREES IN 1893 anp 1894. 259 
OaKk—Quercus Robur. 
Place, County. smi Date. | Girth. At 
care 1 Bee ei ma] Fe im 
| Feby, F 20 8 O50 
1. Renton, . . | Dumbarton, ae 1893, 20 10 oom 
2. Dalziel House, . | Lanark, May, 1893, 19 0 3 6b 
3. Bargaran, . 5 Renfrew, Feby., 1893, 18.9 b Yeas IC 
About 1795, | 15 0 _ 
a, Sale aloe 5 4 0 
Feby., 1888, | 16 8 ood 
: ae /| Oct., 1891, | 16 8%} 3 5 
4. Blairquhosh, . | Stirling, Oct., 1894 (16 9 3 5 
Oct., 1891, LG hae! 5-2 
Oct., 1893, IVE atk Spray 
Oct., 1894, |17 14| 5 2 
5. BetweenCrossford 
and Dalserf, . | Lanark, August, 1893,| 14 84| 5 0 
5 es {| About 1841, | 11 0 4 0 
6. Blairquhosh, . | Stirling, 1} Oct., 1893, 12 10 atte 
7. Woodbank, . | Dumbarton, | June, 1894, ll 44) 4 6 
8. Milton-Lockhart, | Lanark, August, 1893,| 10 23 | 4 10 
5 9 
9. Jedburgh, . . | Roxburgh, July, 1893, 22 6% to f 
3 9 
10. Do., 5 : Do., July, 1891, 14 2 4 9g 
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a. Spread of branches, 85 ft. 5 in. 
b. ‘* The Covenanters’ Oak ”—19 ft. 2 in. at 2 ft. 3 in. ; branches at 4 ft. 
Highland and Agricultural Society's Transactions, 1865, gives girth 
24 ft., but does not say at what height; spread of branches, 54 ft. 
on each side; height, 60 ft. Mr. Hutchison, in Transactions, 1881, 
gives girth at 1 ft., 21 ft. 4im. ; at 5 ft., 19 ft. 3 in. ; spread, 70 ft. 
- ec. ** The Witches’ Tree.” Divides at 1 ft. 6i in. 
d. ‘*The Meikle Tree,” or ‘‘The Trysting Tree.” A ‘‘ march” tree in 
1493. Statistical Account, 1795, gives girth as 15 ft; spread of 
branches, 90 ft. New Statistical Account, 1841—girth, 15 ft. 8 in. at 
4 ft.; the branches diverge at 9 ft., and cover a circle of 281 ft. 
a October, 1893, diameter of spread of branches was 80 ft. Now 
ecaying 
e. ‘The Smiddy Oak.” ‘*4 ft. from the ground, 11 ft. in circum- 
ference.”—New Statistical Account, 1841. Spread of branches in 
1893, 83 ft. 
f. ‘The Capon Tree.” Spread, 97 ft. 2 in. New Statistical Account, 
1834: ‘ Circumference at 3 ft. is 21 ft.” 
g. ‘* The King of the Woods.” Girth at 4 ft. 9 in. on upper side. New 
Statistical Account, 1834, gives height, 99 ft.; circumference of 
trunk at 3 ft., 14 ‘tt. Mr. Hutchison, Highland and Agricultural 
Society’s Transactions, 1881: Circumference, upwards of 17 ft. at 
4 ft., with a trunk 43 ft. in height. 
