ON BRITISH OAKS. ill 
large quantity of 2426 cubic feet of sound convertible timber. It 
was bought standing for £405, and the whole produce of the tree, 
when brought to market, was within a trifle of £600. Now, no 
tree 1s in existence which approaches this in size and soundness, 
and I have given an account of it because the particulars are well 
authenticated. 
The Notable Oaks of Scotland. 
Scotland cannot boast of such giant oaks as are found in 
England and Wales, but there are many remarkable old oak trees 
scattered over the northern country; and the following description 
of some of the more notable is taken from “ Forestry,” the 
Transactions and Reports of Excursions of the Royal Scottish 
Arboricultural Society, Hunter’s “Woods and Forests of Perth- 
shire,” and various other publications. 
The “ Wallace Oaks,” for there are two associated with the name 
of Scotland’s great patriot. The one at Torwood, Stirlingshire, 
had a girth of 22 feetin 1771. The other one is at Elderslie, 
Renfrewshire, the birthplace of Wallace. It has a girth of 21 
feet at the ground, 13 feet 2 inches at 5 feet up; height, 67 feet ; 
and its branches extend 45 feet east, 36 feet west, 30 feet south, 
and 25 feet north. Wallace and three hundred of his men hid 
themselves from the English among the branches of this tree, 
which was then in full leaf. It is said to cover 19 poles of 
ground, but, according to the above measurements, it would not 
appear to cover quite 13 poles, taking it as a circle, and even 
taking the space covered as a square, would only be over 16 poles. 
Of the “Inveraray Oaks,” one is growing in the grounds of 
Inveraray Castle, Argyllshire, and has a girth of 12 feet 11 inches 
at 5 feet up, a straight clean bole of 20 feet, and a height of 
96 feet. No. 2,is at the Dhu Loch avenue, and girths 12 feet at 
5 feet up. No. 3, at the same place, girths 11 feet 7 inches at 
5 feet up. No. 4 is close by the Aray stream, with a girth of 
12 feet 4 inches at 5 feet up. No. 5 is on a sloping bank at 
Maam, and girths 12 feet 2 inches at 5 feet up, and attains a 
height of 50 feet. 
On the north side of Loch Arkaig, in Lochaber, Inverness-shire, 
there is an oak with a circumference of 27 feet 6 inches at 
4 feet up. 
The ‘ Darnaway Forest Oaks,” Morayshire. No. 1 is on a 
