CHAP. CV. CORYLA‘CEX. QUE’RCUS. 1837 
garlic; A. pelianthinus Fr., syn. A. denticulatus Bolt., t.4. f. 1., 
distinguished by the purple spicule scattered over and fringing 
the gills, like those on the lip of O’rchis fasca; A. androsa- 
ceus L., Bolt, Fung., t. 32., Sow., t. 94., and our jig. 1690. ; 
A. pterigenus Fries, a variety of the fern agaricus, with a 
lemon-coloured stem; Clavaria jincea Fr., syn. C. fistulosa 
Bull., t. 463. w., an interesting species, lately discovered in 
Northamptonshire; Sphz‘ria bifrons Schmidt, Sow., t. 373. 
f. 4.; S. punctiférmis Pers. ; Phacidium coronatum Grev. 1690 
Crypt., t. 52., and our fig. 1692.; P. dentatum Schmidt; Phoma pistula 
Fries ; Hystérium foliicolum y maculare Berk., syn. H. maculare Grev., 
t. 129. f. 2., not H. maculare Fr.; 
Sclerotium guérecinum Pers., Grev. 
Crypt., t. 77., and our fig. 1691.; Fu- 
sidium cindidum Lk.; Didérma glo- 
bosum Pers.; D. deplanatum Fries ; 
and Urédo Quércus Brondeau, which 
appears to be very rare in this country. 
It has hitherto been found only in the 
— neighbourhood of Bungay, by Mr. D. 
Stock, in a single locality. 
Statistics. The British Oak in the Environs of London. _At Whitton Place, Twickenham, it is 
75 ft. high, with a trunk 15 ft. in circumference. At Ham House, Essex, it is 70 ft. high ; the dia- 
meter of the head is 77 ft. ; and the trunk is 14ft. 6in. in circumference, On Laleham Common, 
about half-way between that village and Ashford Brook, near two large elms called the Brothers, 
stands a sound, vigorous, and noble oak. ‘he girt, at 1 ft. from the ground, is 22 ft. 103in. ; and at 
Sft., 16ft. (See Burnet’s Ameen. Quer., fol. 14.) 
The British Oak South of London. In Cornwall, at Penllergar, there are two oaks; the largest of 
which measures about 60 ft. in height: it has a trunk 18 ft. high before it throws out branches, and 
ge 13 ft. Gin. at 4ft. from the ground. It contains about 514 cubic feet of timber. The other is 
2ft. 9in. in circumference at the same height from the ground, and contains about 366 ft. of timber. 
In Devonshire, at Bicton, it is 102 ft. high, the diameter of the head 97 ft., and the trunk girts 
nearly 20 ft. ; at Lucombe, 33 years planted, it is 51 ft. high; at Endsleigh Cottage, 15 years planted, 
it is 35 ft. high; at Stevenstone Park it is 80 ft. high, the diameter of the head 71 ft., and the cir- 
cumference of the trunk 16 ft. Gin.; at Grilston, near South Molton, it is 64ft. high, with a pyra- 
midal head 58 ft. in diameter, the trunk is 9 ft. lin. in circumference, and the tree is in a growing 
state. The Ashton Oak (fig. 1693.) stands about four miles from Chudleigh. The beautiful drawing 
from which our engraving was made, was taken for us by J. Gendall, Esq., artist, Exeter, who 
observes that “‘the Ashton Oak has more the appearance of an ash than an oak, from the extra- 
ordinary cleanness of its trunk and limbs. It stands at the foot of a bold slope, which seems to have 
been a copse wood for many years. About 30 ft. from the lower roots of the tree, on one side, there 
is a considerable brook, and the limbs on this side have a tendency downwards, whilst on the other 
side, towards the slope, they all turn up. Beyond the brook is the village of Ashton, backed by 
Haldon Hill.” (J. Gendall. Cathedral-yard, Exeter, April 3. 1837.) The height of the tree to the 
fork, where there is a decayed branch, is 75ft.; and the trunk, at 4ft. from the ground, measures 
17 ft. Gin. in circumference. We received the first account of this tree through the kindness of 
John Collier, Esq , M.P., who forwarded to us the following extract from a letter which he had 
received respecting it : —‘‘ In the year 1805, while on a visit at Chudleigh, I was induced to walk to 
Ashton, about 4 miles, to see the celebrated oak, from which I had hear that a plank 60 ft. in length 
could be cut. We measured the tree at 4 ft. from the ground, and found its girt to be 16 ft., and at 
the surface of the ground 20 ft. From its loftiness and its being devoid of lateral branches, I believe 
that the information I had received was correct, and that a Pas of 60 ft. in length might have been 
rocured from it....... The Ashton estate was part of the property of Sir John Chudleigh, of 
aldon House, who was of the same family as the celebrated Duchess of Kingston, she, I believe, 
being his niece. On the death of Sir John his property was divided among his four sisters, and the 
Ashton. estate was afterwards sold to Lord Exmouth, who had property on the other side of the 
river ; but some disputes as to the title threw the affair into Chancery.”” (James White. Dec. 5. 1836.) 
In March last (1837) our attention was directed, by His Grace the Duke of Bedford, to a 
paragraph respecting this tree in the Western Times, from which it appears that this oak, “ which 
is considered the finest in the county, has been sold for 60 guineas, and will be felled as soon 
as.the barking season commences. About 30 years since it was sold for 100/., but a chancery 
suit saved it from the feller till the present period. 70/. were offered for it several years back.” 
The oaks known as Wistman’s Wood, of which /ig. 1694. is a portrait copied” from Carrington’s 
Dartmoor, have been long celebrated, as already noticed (p. 1757. and p. 1786.) In Dorsetshire, 
at Melbury Park, 300 years old, it is 60ft. high, the diameter of the head 68ft, and the girt of 
the trunk 33ft.; at Compton House, 200 years old, it is 80ft. high, and the girt of the trunk 
21ft. In Hampshire, at Strathfieldsaye, it is 90 ft. high, the diameter of the head 89ft., and 
irt of the trunk 19 ft ; at Hursley Park are many fine specimens, one of which contains nearly 
4 loads of timber ; at Hackwood Park, three oaks were felled in 1836, which measured 101 ft., 115 ft., 
and 116 ft. in length, and 8 ft. 4in., 9 ft. 4in., and 10 ft. 4in., in girt; at Sharfield, near Basingstoke, 
on another estate of Lord Bolton’s, there is a fine growing oak, 12 ft. in girt at 3ft. from the 
foam, 80 ft. high, and with branches projecting 30 ft. from the trunk ; in the New Forest there are 
oaks, called the Twelve Apostles, which are fine sound trees, though somewhat stag-horned in the 
branches, the largest has a trunk measuring 22 ft. Gin. incircumference. In Kent, at Cobham Hall, are 
my fine specimens, with trunks 24 ft. in circumference. The Bounds Park Oak, near Tunbridge 
Wells, is figured in the folio edition of Strutt’s Sylva Britannica :—‘* At 2 ft. above the ground, it is 
22 ft. in circumference ; its trunk is straight and uniform; it throws outa great number of limbs, and 
