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principal openiDg on the east side ; and thus it was converted into " a family 

 tenement, compact and convenient." For many months after the line was 

 opened for public traffic this hollow bole actually formed the only residence and 

 office for the station master, all complete in itself. It then became the lamp room, 

 and was used for this purpose for some fourteen years, until 18G9, since which 

 time it has been converted into a stable for a donkey. The bole was alive so late 

 as 18G8, when it still put forth a few green twigs on the south side. It is now 

 quite dead, but in its dried state it still measures 25ft. Sin. in circumference. 



In an adjoining field on the other side of the Lug, belonging to Mr. 

 Hodges, of Harden Court, is a picturesque pollard Oak (Q. pedunculated). The 

 lower part of the bole bulges out in large excresences, measuring in circumference 

 at a foot from the ground no less than 38ft. ; at 5ft., the natural girth of the tree, 

 it is 20ft. 4in. The tree sends out fine massive branches, which are very 

 luxuriant. 



The St. Devekeux Park Oak.— At the back of Stoke Edith, on the south 

 side of Seagur Hill, lies Sf. Deverenx Park, whose history bids fair to be lost since 

 nobody will write it. It is very parklike and pretty, and many good Oak trees 

 are scattered about it. At least such was the case in 1864, when these "Notes" 

 were taken of it. By the road leading from Putley to Woolhope, which bounds 

 its eastern end, was a group of very noble trees, nearly 90 feet in height, which 

 gave the measurements of 16ft. 4in.; 14ft. 6in. 14ft.; 2in., and lift. 9in. ; and 

 other trees measured about the Park gave these figures — 14ft. 5in. ; 14ft. lOin. ; 

 14ft. 7in. ; and 17ft. Sin. The extraordinary Park-Oak-in-chief, which it is the 

 object of this paragraph to describe, is situated at the eastern corner of the large 

 pool. It carries up its bole some 30 feet to nearly half the height of the tree, and 

 at 5 feet from the ground it has a circumference of 19ft. 5in. This is a very fine 

 growing tree without any sign of decay. It is the best on the Stoke Edith 

 domain ; and for bulk and vigour combined with size, one of the finest in the 

 county. 



The Rosematjnd Oak CQ. pedunculated). — The remains of this grand old 

 tree are still growing in the Oak meadow at Rosemaund, in the parish of 

 Felton, on the estate of Henry Pitt, Esq. It stands on high rising ground near 

 the house, and although it is perfectly hollow and has lost all its large limbs, 

 it has yet considerable vitality and has an abundance of foliage. At about 20 

 feet from the ground it is divided into two main branches which extend but a 

 few feet, where they are dead and broken off. One side of the trunk is fitted 

 with a doorway, and seats are placed round the inside. It is open to the top, 

 and thus it is converted into a summer-house at once roomy and airy. The 

 inside has a diameter of about 6 feet, and will accommodate nearly 18 feet of 



