A DAY ON THE LEA 1 09 



Panshanger Park is, or was, renowned for a 

 famous Oak. According to Arthur Young, in 

 his " Survey of Herts," it was called the Great 

 Oak in 1709. Strutt, in his "Silva Britannica," 

 fol., 1822, says it contains one thousand feet of 

 timber, and is nineteen feet in circumference 

 at a yard from the ground. The trunk rises 



PANSHANGER OAK. 



from its roots with a graceful curve, and the 

 main branches separate from it in a regular, yet 

 varied but free manner. When clothed in the 

 full luxuriance of its foliage, nothing in the 

 shape of a tree can surpass the harmonious 

 grandeur of its appearance. Here is an en- 

 graving of it reduced from Mr. Thome's book. 

 I hope some one who reads the above account 



