332 account of remarhable trees. Oct. 31, 



REMARKABLE TREES. 

 [Extracted from Sir "John Swe/air^s statistical account of 

 Scot/and.^ 



Afh tree in the parifh of Bowhill. 

 The afli tree in the church yard of Bowhill, deserves a 

 particular description, being no lefs remarkable for its un- 

 common size, than for its extensive spreading, and the re- 

 gularity of its branches. The trunk is nine feet in length j 

 the girt, immediately above the surface of the ground, 

 is twenty-five feet j andat^ut three feet above the surface, 

 it measures nineteen feet and a halfj and, at the narrow- 

 est part, eighteen feet. It divides into three great bran- 

 ches j the girt of the largest is eleven feetj of the second, 

 ten) and qf^he third, nine feet two inches. The branches 

 hang down to within a few feet of the ground, and, from 

 the extremity of the branches on the one side, to that of 

 those on the other, it measures no lefi than ninety-four feet. 

 Another. 

 There is another large afh tree in the parifh, though It 

 is greatly decayed, only the trunk, and part of some of 

 the branches remaining. The trunk is about eleven feet 

 in length ; tlie girt immediately above the surface of the 

 ground, is thirty -three feet ; at tlie narrowest part it mea- 

 sures nineteen feet ten inches. The proprietor has lately 

 fitted up a room in the inside of it, with benches around, 

 and three glafs windows. 



The diameter of the room is eight feet five inches, and 

 from ten to eleven feet high. 



Parifh of DeJ'kford, county of Banff. 

 In an orchard adjoining to an ancient castle there is 

 particularly an afh tree, which measures in girt twenty- 

 four feet five inches and a half. It is called St John's tree, 

 from its vicinity to a chapel of that name. There is a- 



