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superior size decided; for the farmer at Marton 
told m 
a owing e hollowne 
mmense weight of ‘the branches on one side, 
eitnesrement is, howeve 
sorry 
5 feet from the groun 
Congleton, on the North Stafford Railway and 
I hope that all who doubt will go and ju ge for 
themselves.” 
e suggestion that yraa i should at 
once lend qor krn e of their 
the preservation. of a fai ul r 
re 
st be nothing 
ecord of su ch noble 
y this tree is not sionally known 
to me! Perhaps because no 
O 
ould ura 
raphe taken of. the ing Oaks 
tandin 
Ther 
ments and and. How 
in ma Wig are now s 
within a few years ge as a man could carry. 
This Oak, ‘for which I dal the title at present of 
the largest in England, is within an easy walk of 
“se Ray: ee A 
a state of matty. It See 68 feet in cir 
cumference a feet tov it 
pos 
yed it Bai hollow, forming a 
= and 17 feet high, capable of F kokie 20 20 
Park i in 
Wil 
f 
reumference of 
the “ip was 48 feet; at 3 = 
36 fi a. k 
remains of an 
Which the sreg and forest deriye their 
trunk 
15u 
e 
ire there is an old k 
ill we trust be pow y secon 
could photography be ‘better applied, for it alone is 
nting with u 
capabl of 
apable of re ing — uracy the 
features of former ages 
ich are now rapidly pass 2e into a nnihilation. 
We can : gee reg sep an aag subscription 
would b e for the p he moment a 
f| com uai artist announced his intembioat of under- 
taking the opera 
In the rons we have picked out of Lov- 
c 
emarka own to him, in the hope 
that attention ae Tok roused to the subject before 
us, and that our S pai will report the con- 
a EVES He 
ig VAY 
uf ey a ~ 
sev pre 
~ 
By aes S 
ty. pss x i 
sists SoA, | 
a SAY 
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name of Hatfield Broad Oak. This tree measures 
42 feet in circumference 
rtion the 
eet. The exact age of this tree is 
Pe it cannot be less than seven or 
Š arar s 
and has a trunk 
to 53 feet ariaa eats shy S 
Shordley Oak in 
he grou r is 40 feet, ad. at 5 feet 
It is 51 feet hi h. 
brated Oak in Gloucestenhir was 
Oak; This tre 
Rah Grass f Ha dalled the Old UNa 
belongin, 
e 
54 feet in sera 
which was 
trunk was formed into a 
marvellous art to! tim 
‘ 
near Saffron me a a 
et |i : 
bale and 
In 
rence at|w 
the 
The larg 
| Prenn e 
dition at o'i 
as still rem 
perty of the Duke of Somers 
and has a trunk 37 feet.6 inshed i m iron 
je > es 
— 
: è 
Oak called the Queen, at Razi 
near Ashwick, pied 34 feet at the base 
ylindrical s et hig 
in circumference nl the way ; beari 
ike benedis, m extending 40 feet 
t the an ME tle 
yey heh ms 
erve eke about 40 ight af rofi tho e 
we 
cas Park Oak on the banks of fa 
ii Tio "Moo at 3 
in Herefordshire i is 36 feet in girth a 
groun 
e Oak near Theobald’s in a y 
7 called GofPs Oak, is 32 fee fet i ote 
erence close to the ground. This tree 181% 
