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the many fine oaks on this bank. The circumference of the stem, 

 at 3 feet high, is 17 feet 3 inches, and the tree contains 572 cubic 

 feet of timber. 



No. 7. LiAiK, Tilia Europa'a. 



A beautiful tree, standing on the north side of the east approach 

 to the mansion, and 23 feet from the road. It is a fine healthy 

 tree, towering to a height of 100 feet, contains 404 cubic feet of 

 timber, and girths 11 feet 1\ inches at 3 feet high. 



No. 8. Oak, Quercus pedimculata. 



(See Plates IV. and V.) 



Another fine specimen of an oak, wiiich is growing on the east 

 bank of the smallest pond near the middle of the park. It presents 

 a healthy and vigorous appearance, and is likely to make a very 

 large tree. It girths, at 3 feet from the ground, 17 feet 2| inches, 

 and contains 472 cubic feet of timber. 



No. 9. English Elm, Ulmus campestris. 



This grand old elm grows on the north side of the largest pond 

 in the park, at 37 feet from the water's edge. It has lost several 

 fine limbs by strong gales; still it contains no less than 544 cubic 

 feet of timber, girths 16 feet 2 inches at 3 feet up, and towers to a 

 height of 100 feet. 



No. 10. Oak, Quercus j^edunculata. 



In front of Beam House, and 90 yards away from it, stands this 

 grand specimen, one of the finest of the old and remarkable oak 

 trees in North Devon. It grows on the lawn adjoining the river 

 Torridge, and is a very healthy tree with a fine balanced head of 

 107 feet diameter. It contains 500 cubic feet of timber, and girths, 

 at 3 feet up, 17 feet 6 inches. 



No. 11. Beech, Fagus sylvatica. 



This remarkably handsome tree is growing 200 yards south of 

 the Umberleigh Station of the London and South- Western Hall- 

 way, and on the east bank of the River Taw. The trunk of this 

 gigantic tree is divided on the north side to near the ground, and 

 at a height of 17 feet 3 inches from the base it wholly divides into 

 two ponderous stems, one of which ramifies into four and the 



