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board sitting space. Its circumference at 5ft. from the ground, avoiding excre- 

 scence as far as possible, is no less tban 34 feet, and this is not an unfair measure- 

 ment. It is the remains of a very magnificent tree. Who shall say its age, or 

 the scenes it has witnessed ? Perchance it might itself say — 



" In my great grandsires trunk did Druids dwell, 

 My grandsire with the Roman Eagle fell, 

 Myself a stripling when my father bore 

 Victorious Edward to the Gallic shore." 



Decay is making sad havoc with it. Spaces have to be filled up here and there 

 with boards to make the summer-house habitable. The bark is gone in some 

 parts ; in mauy places at the ground level it is rotting away ; and beneath its 

 roots a colony of rabbits have long found a home. The end of its long life is 

 approaching ; albeit, it may last out yet a few more generations of men and 

 of rabbits. 



In the same parish, at the Green Farm, near the pool by the road side, 

 just below the vicarage, is another Pollard oak, measuring 21ft. lin. in circum- 

 ference. It is a mere " runnel " of a tree, as the rustics say, that is with a hollow 

 bole, but still of a good size, covering itself with foliage, and very picturesque. 



The Hemlock Spruce Firs of Belmont.— This very beautiful group of 

 three trees grows at the foot of the steep bank on the north side of the lawn 

 at Belmont, and can therefore be seen to great advantage by looking down upon 

 it. The largest tree has a clear bole of 17 feet, and the whole height of 

 the tree is 45 feet. It has a circumference of 6ft. llin., and contains 95 feet 

 of timber. The branches sweep to the ground on every side, and the foliage 

 spread has a diameter E. and W. of 51 feet, and N. and S. of 24 feet. The 

 general outline of this tree is most graceful, and has been made more so by the 

 upper sixth bending away to the north to avoid the shade of a neighbouring Oak. 

 The two fellow trees are also very beautiful, and are each of them 5ft. llin. in 

 circumference. 



The Bdrghill Evergreen Oaks. — The finest Evergreen Oaks (Quercus 

 ilex), in the county, and amongst the very finest in England, are those in the home 

 orchard of the Lodge, at BurghilL There are seven of these in a row, by the side 

 of the high road leading to Canon Pyon, and thus they take, naturally, the 

 names of the days in the week. They are in fine luxuriance, though past their 

 prime, and it is well that a note should now be taken of them. The one nearest 

 Hereford, "Sunday," is a very fine spreading tree. It has a circumference of 

 9ft. 10in., a hight of about 50ft., and a diametric foliage spread of 63ft. in 

 diameter. It is decayed at the principal fork and will split ere long. " Monday" 

 measures 9ft. 6in. in girth, and has lost some branches. "Tuesday," 8ft. 8in. 



