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the greater growing power of the oak in England, the 

 recorded trees in that country above 30 feet in girth at 

 5 feet from the ground being more numerous than those 

 above 20 feet north of the Tweed. Nevertheless, in some 

 favoured localities of the north, large and handsome oaks 

 do occur. The most remarkable of them for girth or 

 height have probably found their way into Mv. Hutchison's 

 catalogue of 151 Scottish oaks (Trans. H. and Agr. Soc. 

 Scot., 1881, xiii., 218), from which we have extracted 

 those that reach or exceed 20 feet in girth, at 5 feet up, 

 or at the probable narrowest point. 



Numljcr recorded above 15 feet in girth, 



20 feet in girth and upwards, ..... 5 



19 to 20 feet in girlli, 3 



18 to 19 .,,... . .4 



17 to 18 ,, .. . 6 



16 to 17 5 



15 to 16 ,, ,, 32 



Total 15 feet and upwards, . . 55 



The Lee oak measures 28 feet in. at 5 feet, but this 

 large result must be due to the swelling towards the limbs, 

 as at 3 feet the girth is only 23 feet. From the massive- 

 ne.ss of tlie arms, however, it is probably the biggest oak 

 in Scotland, although the Springwood Park tree, 100 feet 

 high and 16 feet in girth, nmst be one of the grandest. 



