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there now. A dead Sequoia has a girth of 3 ft. 3 in. Near 

 it stands an interesting Thorn, Crataegus sp. with large leaves, 

 which is in danger of being replaced by the abundant growth 

 from below the graft. It needs pruning. 



At the east end of the Ham is a Weeping Elm, 2 ft. 9 in., 

 and in the middle are three Poplars of close on 10 ft. girth, 

 and a Cut-leaved Alder, 4 ft. 2 in. The Ulmus glabra we 

 have not identified. Many of the trees in the meadow 

 are not enclosed and have been badly barked by horses. 

 Near the fence are a Hornbeam, 5 ft. 10 in., and a Willow, 

 9 ft. 10 in. 



Near the outlet of the Trill Mill Stream (= Pactolus, for 

 reasons explained in Buckland's " Curiosities of Natural 

 History") are several Alders (one measuring 6 ft. 8 in.) and 

 Oaks (one, a fine Turkey Oak, Quercus cerris> measuring 

 8 ft. 7 in.). Daubeny also recorded Fraxinus lentiscifolia 

 near by. 



The Almond which Baxter planted at the end of the Broad 

 Walk has not survived ; but near by are a recently planted 

 Plane and an Ailanthus. 



The Elms of the Broad Walk were planted after the 

 Restoration, and, in 1683, they were noted by Baskerville to 

 be " pretty well grown," but now, having reached the limit of 

 their life, are falling like ninepins before south-westerly gales.* 



* The sequela have been quoted to me by Mr. J. J. Lister, as follows : 



AFTER A STORM 

 To-day God bloweth with His wind ; 



He wrestles with the elm trees tall, 

 And with a roar and with a crash 



The Giants fall. 

 To-morrow Mr. Focus comes, 



He has been early to the scene, 

 And photographs the prostrate trunks 



With his machine ! 

 And now, not many days elapsed, 

 I pass his window in the town, 

 Lo ! " Souvenirs of Friday's Storm " 



At half-a-crown. 

 There are points of resemblance between our two ancient Universities ! 



