Pyrus 165 



There is a tree at Williamstrip Park, Fairford, the seat of Lord St. Aldwyn, 

 which is in a decaying condition. It consists of a large stool measuring 8 feet at the 

 ground, with four stens about a foot in diameter by about 60 feet high. There is 

 also a tree at Arley Castle 50 feet high by 3 feet 5 inches in girth in 1905. One at 

 Bayfordbury is 40 feet by 5 feet 2 inches, branching at 4 feet into four stems, with 

 numerous ascending branches. At Aldenham Cottage, Letchmore Heath, Herts, is 

 a fine tree 44 feet by 6 feet 2 inches, with a bole of 6 feet. At Danson Park, Welling, 

 Kent, the residence of Mr. Bean, there is said to be a tree about 30 feet high, with 

 a girth of 12 feet 4 inches at i^ feet above the ground, described to be like a 

 large bush with seven main branches. (A. H.) 



