Ijgi. account of remarkable trees. ^33 



nother a(h tree in the same orchard, which measures iiv 

 girt twelve feet three inches and a half, having a fhank 

 twenty feet high, of nearly the same dimensions j this a(h 

 is called young St John. 



Hody tree in the same parijh^ 



There is also a holly, perhaps the largest of its species- 

 in this country. It measures, at the distance of two feet 

 from the ground, eight feet four inches and a half in 

 girt. In several places of the parifli, hedges have been 

 planted ; and they also thrive amazingly when they re- 

 ceive proper care and attention. 



Yew tree in the parijh of Ormiston in East Lothian. 



In lord Hopeton's garden at Ormistonhall there is a 

 remarkable yew tree. Its trunk is eleven feet in cir- 

 cumference, and twenty-five feet in length 5 the diameter 

 of the ground overspread by its branches, is fifty-three 

 feet j and there is about the twentieth part of an Englifti 

 acre covered by it. This tree is still growing in full vi- 

 gour, without the least symptom of decay in any of its 

 branches, which increase yearly in length about an 

 inch. There is no tradition that can be depended upon 

 for exactly ascertaining its age ; but from the best infor- 

 mation it cannot be under two hundred years old. It 

 seems rather more probable to be between three and four 

 hundred years old. 



A CHARADE WRITTEN BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE 



Ckarles James Fox, addressed to lady Spencsr, 



Communicated by a respectable correspondent. 



Permit me to intrude for once, uncalled, into your lady- 



(hip's presence, and, by dividing myself, add greatly to my 



•consequence. So exalted am I in the character of my 



