168 An Account of Timber Trees likely 
other. About twenty years ago, in making a col- 
lection of oaks, I received several from Mr. Luc- 
comb both of the Iron and of the Luccomb Oak; 
but I soon found that the Iron Oak overgrew all 
the others, and was equally ornamental as the 
English Oak. From a branch which I have sawed 
off, the wood appears to be as hard and as ponde- 
rous as the English Oak. 
The following is an account of the size and age 
of some Iron, Luccomb, and English Oaks, grow- 
ing in my collection at Sale. 
Height. Girth. 
: ‘_ ‘Feet. Inch. Feet. In. 
An Iron Oak 20 years old..-...--..--36 O— 3 3 
Another of the same age....-.--.-+.-+- 37 O— 3 0 
A Luccomb Oak, the same age, 
grafted on an English Oak........ g2 2—2 5 
An English Oak of the same age 28 0 —2 6 
Another 40 years Old «..-:-+-++-+5 39 O— 210 
Another 56 years old «.--.--.-10:-+- 54 O— 83 4 
The following is the copy of a letter from Mr. 
Luccomb to Mr. Babington, dated Newbridge, 
Exeter, September 17, 1795. 
« All I can say of them (the Iron Oaks) is, that 
my father had a few of them, as a present from 
William Ball, Esq. of Manhead-house (now Lord 
Lesburne’s, near Chudleigh, Devonshire), about 
fifty years since, by the name of the Iron or Wains- 
coat Oak, which Mr. Ball received from Turkey 
