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form. Two of these, named ' The Queen ' and 

 'The Cauliflower,' are especially beautiful ; the 

 former is 23 feet in girth and 32 feet high; the latter 

 1 6 feet in girth and 24 feet high. The closeness of 

 its foliage gives an extraordinary resemblance to 

 a gigantic cauliflower. It is, I believe, perfectly 

 unique in character. 



Besides these, there are others of large size. 



1 i ) Shows two distinct trees which have grown 

 together at 3 feet from the ground, measuring 

 at this point 1 8 feet in girth ; they separate again 

 at 5 feet and divide into numerous branches, 

 making a fine head of foliage about 25 feet high. 



(2) Is 1 1 feet at the ground and 15 feet at 3 feet. 



(3) Is 13 feet 8 inches at the ground and 20 feet 

 at 4 feet. 



(4) Is 13 feet 7 inches at the ground and 19 feet 

 1 1 inches at 3 feet. 



Both the two last show an extraordinary amount 

 of welding; No. (3) having twenty-two distinct but- 

 tresses, each ending in a stem above the height of 

 6 to 8 feet from the ground. These measurements 

 were made in April 1890. 



Church Preen. In the churchyard is one of the 

 finest, if not the finest, tree in existence. To the 

 kindness of Arthur Sparrow, Esq., the patron of 

 the living, I am indebted for the following very 

 interesting measurements, taken in 1889 : 



