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consequently in great request in counties where large flocks 

 of sheep are depastured upon turnip-fields. The finest 

 specimen of this kind of willow occurs in the celebrated 

 tree near Lichfield, known by the name of the Johnson 

 willow, because that great moralist delighted to rest under 

 its shade. The trunk, at six feet above ground, measures 

 thirty-one feet in girth, and rises twenty feet in height 

 before dividing into enormous ramifications. The whole 

 trunk, which comprises 130 feet of solid timber, continues 

 perfectly sound, and the widely spreading branches are 

 extremely vigorous. The effect produced by this giant 

 willow, when seen from an opposite point, across the 

 meadows, is extremely beautiful. 



Another specimen of equal grandeur belongs to the 

 ancient monastery of St. Edmund, at Bury, standing in 

 its loneliness and beauty, and bearing the name of the 

 Abbot's tree. It is conjectured to have been contemporary 

 with that far-famed and splendid monastery, when in the 

 zenith of its power. 



