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the last named places. On land in Georgetown known as " the ridges," 

 are some of the largest pines now remaining in perfection. 

 One measured by Mr. Sears in 1860, was, 



Circumference 14 feet 6 inches, 1 foot from ground. 

 " 14 "0 "6 feet " " 



The first limb branched at 40 feet from the ground. The top of the 

 tree had been broken off. In the same region Mr. Sears measured 

 seven trees, which averaged 12 feet in circumference at 2 feet from, 

 the ground. In 1850 there were growing in "Blind Hole," Danvers, 

 many White Pines over 8 feet in circumference, and in 1858, one, since 

 felled, measured above the root, 



Circumference 16 feet 3 inches. 



" 15 " 7 " 4 feet above. 



The first limb was at 30 feet from the ground, the tree being nearly 

 120 feet high. The "Preston Pine " at Danvers, is 10 feet 4 inches at 

 2 feet from the ground, and seeming not much less at 40 feet above. 

 It is about 90 feet high. 



A grove of pines at Hamilton, measured by Mr. James Bartlett and 

 the writer in 1875, averaged 6 feet in circumference at 5 feet above 

 the ground. 



A huge tree with a double top, in Boxford, measured by Mr. Sears 

 and the writer, in 1875, was 13 feet in circumference at the ground, 11 

 feet 6 inches at 6 feet above. Height about 80 feet. Spread from east 

 to west 88 feet. 



PINUS SYLVESTRIS (SCOTCH PINE) and PINUS AUSTRIACA (AUSTRIAN 

 PINE) are extensively planted as ornamental trees. The former has 

 been noticed to spread from seeds, to a limited extent, in Danvers. 



Abies nigra, Poir. (BLACK SPRUCE.) This is a rather scarce 

 tree in most parts of the county, but in the region of Essex, Hamilton, 

 and Ipswich, it is more abundant. In "Pine Swamp," are some 

 hundreds of these trees, many of which are nearly 4 feet in circum- 

 ference 2 feet from the ground. The largest Black Spruce is an old 

 tree over 8 feet in circumference, on high land in Hamilton, where it 

 evidently has been allowed to remain as a boundary tree. 



ABIES ALBA, Michx. (WHITE SPRUCE), only appears as a cultivated 

 tree. 



Abies Canadensis, Michx. (HEMLOCK-SPRUCE.) This most 

 graceful evergreen is quite abundant in many parts of the county. In 

 Wenham Swamp are several trees over 8 feet in circumference, and a 

 large tree in Boxford, with its lower branches nearly touching the 

 ground, measured by Mr. Sears and the writer in 1876, was, 



Circumference 11 feet 9 inches at the ground. 

 " 8 " 9 " " 3 J'eet above, 



(i 8 " 8 " "6 " " 



Height about 70 feet. 



