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relic which is left measures 38 feet round at 1 foot up, and at 5 

 feet up it measures 28 feet round. There is an archway right 

 through the centre of this tree, wide enough at one side to admit 

 a horse and cart. It is clasped with iron hoops, its branches are 

 supported by wooden props, and every care is used to prevent the 

 wind blowing it asunder. The primary branches of this monarch 

 have crumbled away by the hand of time, and those that remain 

 are all covered with moss and ivy, and only expand 45 feet — a 

 poor remnant of what they must have once been in their meridian 

 splendour. The tree grows on a sandy loam, close to the old 

 ruins of Bayham Abbey. A few more years and this old monarch 

 will be numbered among the things that wei*e. 



No. 9 is an oak in the home park. At 1 foot from the ground 

 it is 19 feet 7 inches round; at 5 feet it is 14 feet round; and 

 at the height of 22 feet it is 12 feet 9 inches in circumference. 

 The entire height of this tree is 70 feet, while the spread of its 

 branches is 84 feet. It is quite sound and healthy, and growing 

 on a loamy soil. 



No. 10 is an oak, also in the home park, growing on a clay 

 loam. At 1 foot from the ground this tree measures 22 feet 4 

 inches round ; at 5 feet up it measures 1 2 feet 6 inches ; and 

 at the height of 28 feet it measures 11 feet 7 inches, where it 

 sends out giant branches, some of which measure 7 feet 8 inches 

 round, and a spread of 86 feet from tip to tip of its branches. 

 Entire height, 86 feet. All the foregoing trees are in the county 

 of Sussex (while the following trees are in Kent). 



No. 11 is an oak tree, also in the home park, growing on a 

 clay loam, by the side of the stream which divides the two 

 counties. At 1 foot high this tree is 16 feet 7 inches in circum- 

 ference; at 5 feet is 14 feet 2 inches; and at the height of 23 

 feet 6 inches it is 12 feet 8 inches in circumference; the spread 

 of its branches, 92 feet; and the entire height, 80 feet. The 

 trunk of this tree is straight, clean, and sound, and a very hand- 

 some piece of timber, quite healthy, and growing vigorously. 



No. 12 is a tall oak tree, in Rear "Wood, growing on a hazelly 

 loam, and at 1 foot high it measures 14 feet 5 inches round; 

 at 5 feet up, 10 feet 1 inch; at the height of 47 feet it is 7 feet 

 4 inches round; and at 55 feet high it is 4 feet 3 inches; the 

 entire height is 83 feet, with a spread of branches 72 feet from tip 

 to tip. This tree is very healthy, and growing very fast, and has 

 every appearance of being some day a monster oak. 



