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form. Two of these, named * The Queen ' and 

 'The CauHflower,' are especially beautiful; the 

 former is 23 feet in girth and 32 feet iiigh; the latter 

 16 feet in girth and 24 feet high. The closeness of 

 its foliage gives an extraordinary resemblance to 

 a gigantic cauliflower. It is, I believe, perfectly 

 unique in character. 



Besides these, there are others of large size. 



(i) Shows two distinct trees which have grown 

 together at 3 feet from the ground, measuring 

 at this point 18 feet in girth; they separate again 

 at 5 feet and divide into numerous branches, 

 making a fine head of foliage about 25 feet high. 



(2) Is 1 1 feet at the ground and 15 feet at 3 feet. 



(3) Is 13 feet 8 inches at the ground and 20 feet 

 at 4 feet. 



(4) Is 13 feet 7 inches at the ground and 19 feet 

 1 1 inches at 3 feet. 



Both the two last show an extraordinary amount 

 of welding ; No. (3) having twenty-two distinct but- 

 tresses, each ending in a stem above the height of 

 6 to 8 feet from the ground. These measurements 

 were made in April 1 890. 



Chitrch Preen. — In the churchyard is one of the 

 finest, if not the finest, tree in existence. To the 

 kindness of Arthur Sparrow, Esq., the patron of 

 the living, I am indebted for the following very 

 interesting measurements, taken in 1889 : — 



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