526 STATE AND PROSPECTS OF ARBORICULTURE IN HAMPSHIRE. 
and Ampfield Wood. Here they abound, of all ages and sizes. 
In a meadow, on the north side of the road, opposite Crampmoor 
School, is a very fine one, with a circumference of 10 ft. 3 in., a 
bole of 9 ft., and a height of 70 ft. It has a fine rounded head, 
spreading its boughs in every direction to a diameter of some 25 
yards ; soil, sandy clay, in the Bracklesham beds. 
Proceeding along the road to Winchester, and in the wood on 
the left, just as you enter Hursley parish, and well seen from the 
road, is one which, though not large, is a fine timber stick, with a 
girth of 7 ft. 54 in., which it maintains for 30 ft. up. It is um- 
brella headed, with a sheer height of 45 ft.; soil, sandy clay, in 
the Bracklesham beds. 
In Ampfield Wood, on the west side of the coach road from 
Outwood Lodge to Hursley Park, at a place called ‘Salisbury 
Hill,” there is another fine timber tree, with a circumference of 
7 ft. 24 in., a bole of 40 ft., and a sheer height of 60 ft. ; soil, 
stiff clay, in the London clay. 
On the east side of the coach road leading from Knapp Lodge 
to Hursley Park, in the same wood as the last, and between the 
“big” and ‘little fir hills,” there is one with a circumference of 
10 ft. 5 in., a bole of 26 ft., a sheer height of 90 ft., and a spread 
of branches from north to south of 22 yards; soil, clay, in the 
London clay. This is the finest specimen I have to record. In 
1884 the common oaks in these woods were loaded with acorns 
to an extent, and of a size, seldom before witnessed. The Dur- 
mast oaks were not so; but whether this is a characteristic of this 
variety my experience does not enable me to give an opinion. 
The Beech (Fagus sylvatica) may come next, but although not 
so plentiful as in former years, when large quantities were felled 
all over the county, and sold from 2d. to 4d. per foot, it still occu- 
pied the place next to oak. It is used for piles for docks, in 
turnery, handles for tools, chair-making, upholstery, and as staves 
for an outer covering to liquor casks for abroad. The price ranged 
from 6d. to ls. per foot. 
REMARKABLE Beecu TREES. 
On the Rotherfield Park estate, near Alton, in a larch planta- 
tion, there is one with a circumference at 4 ft. up, where it gives 
forth its branches, of 263 ft. This is a fine ancient specimen 
