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survive, unless the old Horse-chestnut be of that date. Among 

 the other trees, two Horse-chestnuts measure 12 ft. and 

 1 1 ft. 6 in. respectively ; an Evergreen Oak, 5 ft. 4 in. ; Pinus 

 excelsa, 3 ft. 7 in. ; Cypress, 3 ft. 6 in. ; the largest Yew in 

 the north-east corner, 4 ft. 2 in., but a larger bole, lying near, 

 measured 2 ft. 3 in. in diameter. 



UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. The original Fellows' Garden was 

 on the site of part of the Master's Garden until about 1809, 

 when Deep Hall was pulled down, and the present Fellows' 

 Garden was laid out on the site. 



In the sheltered garden overshadowing the Shelley Memorial 

 grows a Tulip Tree, second only in point of size to the tree in 

 the garden of the Warden of Wadham. The trunk, 9 ft. 2 in. 

 at the level of the grass, divides into two limbs ; the larger 

 of which girths 6 ft. 2 in. and supports the greater part of the 

 tree, and is a conspicuous object as seen from the High Street, 

 especially in October, when the leaves form a bright yellow 

 background to the dome of the Memorial. 



A Mulberry near has a girth of 5 ft. ; a Robin ia near the 

 Chapel measures a trifle under 6 ft., and in the Master's 

 Garden are a large Hickory, 7 ft. 9 in., a Mulberry, 7 ft. 6 in., 

 and a fine Pear, 5 ft. 10 in. 



A grove of Walnut-trees is believed to have stood on the 

 site of the Tutor's House in Grove Place. It was cut down 

 at the beginning of the eighteenth century. 



QUEEN'S COLLEGE. A White Fig-tree is said to have been 

 grown from a seed of the celebrated botanist and traveller, 

 Dr. Shaw, who collected plants in Barbary and the Levant, 

 circ. 1720 (G. C. D.). 



MAGDALEN COLLEGE. 



There were elmes great and strong. CHAUCER. 



Magdalen will be remembered for an Oak, an Elm, and 

 an Ivy. The two former died of ripe old age, the monarchs 

 of their race ; the latter, we regret to say, was felled in 



