OLD AND REMARKABLE TREES IN NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 85 
and some of the topmost limbs are quite dead. At 3 feet from the 
base it girths 26 feet, and contains a total of 947 cubic feet of 
timber. 
A stone standing near by bears the following :— 
This Wood was planted by 
Robert Lord Spencer 
in the Year of our Lord 
1602-16038. 
5. Erm, Encuisu (Ulmus campestris). 
A very remarkable tree, growing by the side of the carriage drive, 
and 200 yards from the front gates to Althorp House. The bole, 
at 12 feet from the base, divides into two very massive stems, and 
these separate into two each, one at 5 feet and the other at 8 feet; 
these again dividing into a number of smaller limbs, and towering 
to 105 feet high. It girths 23 feet 6 inches at 3 feet from the base, 
and contains 841 cubic feet of timber. 
6. Cepar or Lepanon (Cedrus Liban). 
Growing on a plateau on the south front of the mansion, called 
the Highwood, stands this very old weather-beaten tree. The top 
has suffered very much by past gales and snowstorms, having lost 
at one time or another no less than twenty large limbs. This grand 
old monarch, before losing so many of its limbs, must have con- 
tained upwards of 1000 cubic feet of timber. Its girth at 3 feet 
from the base is 20 feet 10 inches, and at 5 feet, 22 feet 2 inches ; 
the top (what is left) has a diameter of 70 feet. Height of bole, 
8 feet 6 inches, and the tree now contains 603 cubic feet of timber. 
7. Wycu, or Scotcu Exim (Ulmus montana). 
This is a very fine wych elm. It is growing at the top end of 
Blue Bank Plantation, close to the gas-house, between the mansion 
and the kitchen garden. This tree deserves a more prominent place 
than where it is. It is very much shut in by other trees, and 
cannot be seen until one is quite close to it. It has a clear bole of 
20 feet, with a well-balanced top, 94 feet in diameter. At 3 feet 
from the ground it girths 19 feet 8 inches, and contains a total 
of 487 feet of timber. 
