1 82 Vew- Trees of Great Britain and Ireland 



Strutt^ gives the following description of it in 

 1822 : 'The girth ... at 3 feet from the ground 

 is 27 feet 8 inches ; at 8 feet, 32 feet 5 inches. 

 Immediately above the latter height there are five 

 principal branches, which shoot out from the stem 

 in a lateral direction, the girt of which are, 5 feet 

 5 inches, 6 feet 10 inches, 5 feet 7 inches, 5 feet 

 7 inches, and 5 feet 9 inches. Above the branches 

 the trunk measures in the oirt 20 feet 8 inches. 

 At 12 feet from the ground various branches pro- 

 ceed in every direction, aspiring to the height of 

 49 feet 6 inches, spreading their umbrage to a 

 circumference of 207 feet.' 



It 1877 it was re-measured by Mr. Troy, at 

 Sir Robert Christison's request, fifty-five years 

 after Strutt's data were taken. At the ground 

 its girth was 25 feet; at 3 feet, 35 feet 5 inches; 

 and at 7 feet it measured 35 feet. 



On the 29th March 1894 I again measured it, 

 assisted by Mr. Francis, the head gardener at 

 Ankerwyke House. The base was a good deal 

 broken away, and hollow up to 5 feet. The trunk 

 above this point, which at one time was hollow, is 

 now filled with a mass of large trunk-like roots, to 

 a degree more remarkable than in any I have seen. 

 The circumference at 3 feet is 30 feet 9 inches ; 

 the two main branches, branching again at 14 feet, 

 rise to a height of exactly 50 feet. Diameter of 



^ Sylva Britannica, p. 8. 



