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The prevalence of individual trees at Harewood is said to have been 

 occasioned by a dislike entertained by the late Sir Hungerford, for " Browne's 

 clumps," as he used to stigmatise thera, alluding to " Capability Browne," an 

 old landscape gardener of noted affectation, who strongly recommended this form 

 of planting, the reaction against which, has spoilt the grouping of many an 

 English park of timber. 



The Beech grove just mentioned is near the old oak, and very fine it is. 

 The trees are not very large : 9ft 9in., Oft. lin.. Oft. 10 in., 8ft. Sin., 8ft. 7in., 

 Oft. 5in., Sft. 3in., &c., &c., in circumference at 5ft. from the ground, yet they 

 measure from 90 to 100 feet in height, and their tall straight trunks for the 

 most part i-ise to a height of some 70 feet before giving off boughs, and their 

 tops mingle closely together and form a dense, lofty, aerial shade that would 

 be very attractive to wander beneath in summer were it not for the flourishing 

 colony of rooks that thic'cly inhabit the trees. The beech trees near the lodge 

 are more widely spreading trees, but measure nearly the same — Sft. 9in. , Sft, 

 llin., Sft. 3in., Oft. Sin., &c., in circumference. 



Passing through the beech gi'ove, some fifty yards away, is "the Echo tree," 

 so called for a reason very responsive to any one who facing S.E. may make 

 articulate trial of its capacity in tliis respect. It is a Spanish chesnut growing 

 in the park opposite the front of the house : a very fine symmetrical tree, and 

 remarkable, not for its echo alone, but for its gi-owth and size, and the beauti- 

 fully reticulated character of its bark. It measures 15ft. 4in. in girth, and has 

 reached its full maturity. 



There are other sweet chesnuts of great beauty and expression, scattered 

 about the park : one on the right hand as you enter the park from the lodge 

 13ft. 5in. in girth, throws down some boughs to the ground, which have taken 

 root, and are beginning to grow as separate trees. The others, too, make the 

 most of themselves admirably, and one can scarcely believe the tape-string 

 when it teUs you that they are only lift. lOin., lift. 5in., lift. 4in., 10ft. lOin., 

 lift, lin., kc. &c. in cii'cumference. 



Beyond "the Echo tree" on the opposite bank— in clear view from the 

 west front of the house — stands a group of three magniiicent lime trees. They 

 measure 14ft. Oin., lift. Gin., and 14ft. Gin. respectively, but their very great 

 beauty consists in theii- foliage which, mingled together, offers the rounded 

 contour of a single gigantic tree, and di-oops luxuriantly, almost concealing the 

 stems, but yet allowing a very deep shade to ajipear in contrast with the light 

 fohage under the brightest sunshine. 



There are several good birch trees at Harcwood, and some with a full 

 share of the picturesque beauty that belong to this pretty graceful tree. One 

 on the bank above " ihe Garden Oak" (Sft. llin.), gnarled and knotted, forms, 

 with a fine oak near it, a picture to move the soul of an artist. One near the 

 entrance of the park is a very fine grown tree. It measures Sft. Oin. in circum- 



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