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the middle of the tree, it is 15 feet 8 inches in circumference ; and 

 from 19 feet high to 27 feet high, there is a length of 8 feet, 

 girthing in the middle 12 feet 9 inches. After making ample 

 allowance for bark, this giant, together with the limbs, which 

 alone amount to 236 cubic feet (some of them large trees in 

 themselves), amounts to 548 cubic feet of marketable timber, 

 which at 3s. per foot, woidd be £82, 4s. The entire height 

 of this monarch is 65 feet, and the spread of branches is 92 feet 

 across one way, by 98 feet the other. This tree is quite sound 

 and healthy, growing vigorously, and has the appearance of grow- 

 ing for many generations to come. 



No. 5 is a hedgerow beech, also on the farm of Wickhurst, 

 which, at 1 foot from the ground, is 15 feet 10 inches in circum- 

 ference ; at 5 feet, is 1 2 feet 3 inches in circumference ; and 

 at the height of 27 feet 2 inches it is 10 feet 11 inches in circum- 

 ference. This is a model specimen of a park tree. The outline of 

 its branches is symmetrical, and expanding to 94 feet in width, 

 with an entire height of 80 feet. 



No. 6 is an oak, growing on a sandy loam on Little Shoesmith 

 farm. At 1 foot from the ground it is 22 feet in circumference ; 

 at 5 feet it is 14 feet 6 inches in circumference ; and at the 

 height of 31 feet 6 inches it is 11 feet 8 inches in circumference, 

 where it sends out giant branches to the spread of 78 feet. This 

 tree shows slight signs of maturity. Its entire height is 85 feet. 



No. 7 is a large oak, growing on a clay loam, in a grove of oak 

 trees, several of which are nearly of equal dimensions, and growing 

 in the home park, near the old Abbey of Bay ham, in Sussex (the 

 new Abbey being in Kent). This tree measures 18 feet 6 inches 

 at 1 foot from the ground ; at 5 feet it measures 1 2 feet 6 inches 

 in circumference; and at the height of 30 feet it is 11 feet 

 6 inches in circumference. At this height it sends out a great 

 number of giant branches (many of them equal to large trees 

 themselves), the whole of which contain 235 cubic feet of market- 

 able timber, and expanding to the unusual width of 110 feet from 

 tip to tip. The number of cubic feet of marketable timber in this 

 tree, including the large limbs, is about 460. It is to all appearance 

 quite sound and healthy, and making good annual growth. The 

 entire height of the tree is 90 feet. 



No. 8 is a huge pollard ash tree, supposed to be about 800 

 years of age, and the largest extant. It is now a mere shell, 

 or part of a shell, as one side is entirely crumbled away. The 



