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bears a grand head; it is 69ft. high; and the extent of its boughs, from cast to west, is 114 ft." 

 {Lauder's Gilpin, ii. p. 256.) There are several fine oaks in the park of Earl Stanhope at Chevcning. 

 near Seven Oak-s. One of these is H ft. (i in. in girt at 3 ft. from the ground ; and the diameter of the 

 head is 84 ft. From a leaf of this tree sent us by Earl Stanhope, it would apjjcar to be (i. sessilifl6ra ; 

 but of this we are not certain. In Somersetshire, at Brockley Hall, it is «()(t. high, with a trunk 

 above 30 ft. in circumference ; at Nettlecomlie, S'.'O years old, it is 100 fl. high, the diameter of the 

 head 50 ft., and circumference of the trunk 20 ft. In Surrey, at Claremont, it is7(!ft. high, the 

 diameter of the head HOft., and girt of the trunk 13 ft. 6 in. In Sussex, at Cowdrav, it is 60 ft high, 

 the diameter of the head lO.'ift., and girt of tlie trunk Itift. 6 in. ; at Kidbrooke, lOO years old, it is 

 60 ft. high, the diameter of the head 8Sft., and girt ol the trunk 'Jl ft. The Rookery Oak, at 

 Kidbrooke, the seat of Lord Colchester, is !io tt. hi;;h ; the circumference of the trunk, at 1 ft. ft-om 

 the ground, is IS ft., and the diameter of the head 70 ft : the species is (i. peduncuiata. The Sussex 

 Farm Yard Oak, on the same estate (^^. se.ssiliH.'.ra), is "Oft. high, with a trunk S.'l ft in circum- 

 ference, and a head SWft. in diameter. In Horsfield's Uisfnri/, l\c. of Siissrjr, Append. II., Hotany, 

 by T. 11. Cooper, Ksq., F.L.S., p. 6., published IS.jj, is an account of "a very fine oak, perhajjs tlie 

 finest in the county, which grows in the pleasure-grounds of Sheffield Park. The but or bole, in 

 height 22 ft., measures 15 ft. 5 in. in circumference ; and, as the tree is in a most thriving state, it will 

 attain a much larger size. The amount of timber now contained in the tree is more than II loads. 

 The oak in the kitchen-garden is also a beautiful tree, although not so large as the other : it measures 



