REPORT ON OLD AND REMARKABLE TREES. 147 



XIV. Report on Old and Remarkable Trees growing on the 



Estates of Bayham Abbey and Wilderness Park, in the County 

 of Kent. By James Duff, Wood Manager, Bayham 

 Abbey. 



No. 1 is a gigantic ash tree, growing on a strong loamy soil, 

 resting on a substratum of sandstone, on the farm of Great Shoe- 

 smith, in the parish of Wadhurst and county of Sussex. The 

 dimension, at 1 foot from the ground, is 15 feet 4 inches in cir- 

 cumference, and at 5 feet high it is 12 feet 6 inches in circumfer- 

 ence ; from thence it runs up with a straight, clean, sound trunk, 

 with no perceptible taper, to a height of 38 feet, wbere it sends 

 out gigantic limbs, expanding from tip to tip 83 feet wide. All 

 these branches are healthy, and send out vigorous young shoots. 

 The total quantity of marketable timber in this tree, including the 

 largest limbs, is 356 cubic feet, which, at 2s. 6d. per foot, would yield 

 a return of £44, 10s. The entire height of the tree is 84 feet. 



No. 2 is a large beech, growing also on the farm of Great 

 Shoesmith, in a clump of beech, called the Beechin Toll. At 1 

 foot from the ground it is 13 feet in circumference, and at 5 feet 

 it is 11 feet 6 inches in circumference, with a straight, clean, and 

 sound stem, without a single branch, to the height of 48 feet, 

 where it sends out giant branches, which are of an upright habit of 

 growth, owing to their being pressed upon all sides by rival trees. 

 The spread of branches is 70 feet from tip to tip, and the entire 

 height 95 feet. This tree is quite healthy, and is growing 

 vigorously. 



No. 3 is also a beech, growing near No. 2. At 1 foot from the 

 ground it is 18 feet 6 inches in circumference, and at 5 feet it is 

 1 3 feet in circumference ; from thence it runs up, with a clean 

 bole, to the height of 20 feet, where it sends out large limbs, three 

 of which contain 90 cubic feet of timber, with a spread of 66 feet 

 from tip to tip. The entire height is 95 feet. Numerous trees of 

 similar magnitude are in this clump, and all are healthy, and 

 growing vigorously on a sandy loam. 



No. 4 is a gigantic hedgerow oak, growing on a sandy clay 

 loam, on the farm of Wickhurst. Its circumference at 1 foot from 

 the ground is 24 feet 4 inches; at 5 feet, 17 feet 4 inches and 

 19 feet high to the first branch; at 9 feet 6 inches, which is 



