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the tree at the water's edge with its split and gaping trunk has a girth, false 

 though it be, of 30ft. 9in. The next is swelled by excrescences to 20ft. ; then 

 come two more 13ft. lOin. each. A double tree at 3ft. from the ground 

 measured 19ft. 6in. ; then another at hand, 14ft. lin., and next a burlesquo of 

 a tree that wrapped its dark extraneous growth round itself like a frieze 

 mantle, measured 26ft. lOin. in circumference. 



From the west end of the valley the landscape is singularly interesting and 

 picturesque. The open valley, itself of considerable length, is formed by the grass 

 tufts which fill the shallow pool. Oaks in numbers, gnarled and knotted, mark 

 the margin of dry ground in irregular order. Here is a slight promontory 

 of bright grass on which the trees advance, and there a bay of du=ky green from 

 which they recede. A small bed of Alder trees comes in well at the far end, 

 and looking along the green vistas on every side up the Park, many of those 

 massive trees of natural growth come in, and add their grandeur to the pictur- 

 esque character of their lower neighbours. Throw into this scene the varied 

 effects of light and shade ; a herd of deer coming to drink at the pool ; the noise 

 of the jackdaws that haunt the hollow trees ; the cries of wild fowl, and their 

 occa ; ional appearance ; ami you have a picture to enchant an artist. If he is a 

 tree artist he will certainly put the two picturesque old Oaks near the water's 

 edge into the foreground. The largest has a trunk some 30ft. high, which 

 measures no less than 28ft. 4in. in girth. Its roots crawl along the ground. 



" A quarry of stout spurs and knotted fangs, 

 Which, orook'dinto a thousand whimsies, clasp 

 The stubborn soil and hold it still erect."— Cowper. 



Its fellow tree measures 22ft. in circumference. A Birch tree, in full luxuriance, 

 gives the very unusual measure of 10ft. lin. ; and another afterwards met with 

 measured 9ft. 2in. At this size and age the bark becomes singularly rough, and 

 the smooth white surface it usually shows is only to be found on the smaller 

 branches. Very near, a noble Oak, by the drive, measured 15ft. 8in. Crossing 

 the drive, the Knoll Oak, standing on the rising ground, is a very lofty, graceful 

 tree in fine luxuriance. It looks larger than it is, for the tape only made 

 it 14ft. 7in. in circumference. 



The Cldb Oak stands some fifty yards further back. It is a tree in full 

 luxuriance, with an upright bole rising some 40ft. into the tree. Its bark is 

 curiously twisted, and with its great size gives it a solid knotty effect. It measures 

 19ft. oin. in girth, and rises to the height of 94ft. 



" The body big and mightily pight, 

 Thoroughly rooted and of wond'rous height."— Spencer. 



Your Commissioner was kindly allowed to give this tree the name of "The Club 

 Oak" in honour of the Woolhope Club, of which its owner, Sir George H. 

 Cornewall, Bart., has been the Honorary Secretary for many years. The photo- 

 graph is taken from the west, which is the only side well open for the purpose, and 

 gives a good representation of the tree. 



