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Portions of the top have been broken off by storms at dififereiit 

 times, which have reduced the height of the tree in proportion to 

 the great thickness of its bole. The circumference of the bole, at 

 3 feet high, is 22 feet G| inches, and the tree contains 721 cubic 

 feet of timber. 



No. 2. Ash, Fraxinus excelsior. 

 A fine tree which stands about 300 yards south from the 

 mansion-house in the middle of a group of walnut and other trees. 

 At 30 feet high it divides into three large limbs, and is a healthy, 

 fast-growing tree. At 3 feet up, it girths 14 feet 1 inch. 



No. 3. Spanish Chestnut, Castanea vesca. 

 (See Plate III.) 

 This splendid tree stands 40 yards south of the flower garden, 

 and is one of the best of the old and remarkable trees on this pro- 

 perty. At 3 feet high it girths 18 feet. It has a fine balanced 

 and wide-spreading head of branches, with a diameter of 100 feet, 

 and the tree contains 833 cubic feet of timber. 



No. 4. Beech, Fagus sylvatlca. 

 A remarkably fine specimen, which grows about 120 yards east 

 of the mansion. This tree has got a peculiar large opening in the 

 bole on the east side, 19 feet long, 12 inches wide outside, and 2 

 feet diameter in the middle of the bole, which is quite hollow up to 

 19 feet, where the tree forms a round, clean stem to 33 feet high. 

 Even with this defect it would be difficult to select a handsomer 

 example of a park tree. The top rises to 96 feet high, with a 

 diameter of 72 feet, and the branches sweep down all round to 

 within reach of the deer in the park. 



No. 5. Abele Poplar, Pojyulus alba. 

 This beautiful tree stands on the west side of the park, close 

 to the drive to Weekbottom, and forms an excellent contrast 

 among other ornamental deciduous trees. It reaches to a height 

 of 96 feet, with a clean bole of 46 feet 6 inches, and girths 11 feet 

 7 inches at 3 feet high. 



No. 6. Oak, Quercus pedunculata. 

 A very fine specimen of an oak, which stands close to the Week 

 drive, on the east bank, near the bottom of the park, and is one of 



