AVERY OAK AND OTHER TREES OF DEDHAM 



relate a good Pickwickian story were it 

 endowed with the gift of tongues. At any 

 event it is considered historic and has been 

 decorated with a legend 



THIS POUND BUILT 



ABOUT I7OO 



CIRCUMFERENCE OF OAK 

 19 FEET 



The circumference of this tree at breast 

 height is 16 feet, 3 inches; the height is 

 45 feet, and the spread of the branches 60 

 feet. 



Three English elms greatly esteemed by the 

 people of Dedham are still standing on Court 

 street. They are now declining but retain 

 much of their original beauty. The largest 

 is 15 feet, 10 inches in circumference. The 

 other two have a girth of 13 feet. The 

 famous "Wart Tree," also an English elm, 

 succumbed and was removed in 1908. 



