588 Most celebrated Oaks, Cedars, Sj-c., in Britain. 



Suffolk. — Queen Elizabeth's Oak, at Huntingfield, Lord Huntingfield, is 

 33 ft. in circumference at 7 ft. from the ground. It is supposed to be 500 or 

 600 years old. (^Id., p. 45.) Queries as above. 



The Abbot's Willow, near Bury St. Edmund's, in the grounds of J. 

 Benjafield, Esq., is 75 ft. highj the diameter of the trunk is 6 ft., and of the 

 head 70 ft, (/rf., p. 101.) Qiceries as above. In 1834, Mr. Turner, of the 

 Bury St. Edmund's Botanic Garden, sent us some account of this tree ; 

 which was then in a thriving state. If any change has since taken place, 

 we shall be much obliged to Mr. Turner to let us know. 



The black poplar at Bury St. Edmund's is 90 ft. high ; the circumference 

 of the trunk, at 3ft. from the ground, is 15 ft., and clear to the height of 

 45 ft. Its solid contents are 551ft. (7t?., p. 97.) Queries as above. 



Surrey. — In Hone's Year Book is an engraving of a Yew tree, in Win- 

 dlesham Churchyard, near Bagshot, said to have been planted in the time of 

 William the Conquei'or, and 12 ft. in girt. (Hone's Year Book, as quoted in 

 the Mirror, vol. xxv. p, 147.) Queries as above. 



In Crowhurst churchyard was a yew tree, mentioned by Evelyn, 30 ft. in 

 circumference. (^Mirror, vol. xxv. p. 120.) 



Sussex. — The Crawley Elm, on the high road from London to Brighton, 

 is 70 ft. high ; the trunk, which is perforated to the very top, is 61ft. in cir- 

 cumference at the ground, and 35 ft. round the inside at 2 ft, from the base. 

 (^Strutt, p. 62.) Queries as above. 



Warivickshire. — The Bull Oak, in Wedgenock Park, Earl of Warwick, at 

 1 yd. from the ground, is 34 ft. in girt. It is supposed to be nearly 1000 

 years old. The body is nothing but a shell, covered with bulky protuberances. 

 Twenty people, old and young, have crowded into it at a time. (^Id., p. 22.) 

 Queries as above. 



The Gospel Oak, near Stoneleigh, stands in a little retired coppice, the 

 solitude of which is equally favourable to thought and to devotion. (^Id., 

 p. 32.) Queries as above. 



Wiltshire. — The King Oak, in Savernake Forest, Marquess of Aylesbury, 

 24 ft. in circumference, and the diameter of the head 180 ft. {Id., p, 28,) 

 Queries as above. 



The Creeping Oak, in Savernake Forest, Marquess of Aylesbury, " is so 

 called from the circumstance of one of its main limbs having crept so closely 

 to the earth in its youth, that in its old age it actually reclines the weight of 

 its increasing years upon the ground," {Id., p. 30.) Queries as before. 



The oak known by the name of the Duke's Vaunt stood near the road 

 from Marlborough to Bedwin. The circumference of the trunk 30 ft., and 

 20 ft. round the hollow. Calculated to be above 100 years old. {Gent. Mag., 

 1802, p. 497.) Queries as above. 



Yorkshire. — The Cowthorpe Oak, near Wetherby, Lord Stourton : height 

 85 ft. ; circumference of the trunk, at 3 ft. from the ground, 48 ft. ; and close 

 to the ground, 78 ft. " It is, undoubtedly, the largest tree at present known 

 in the kingdom." {Strutt, p. 37.) Queries as above. 



The yew tree at Fountains Abbey, near Ripon, is 26^ ft. in cii'cumference 

 at 3 ft, from the ground, {Id., p. 120.) Queries as before. 



SCOTLAND, 



Argyllshire. — The silver fir at Roseneath Castle, Duke of Argyll, is 90 

 ft, high, and 22 ft, in girt ; and contains 620 cubic feet of timber, {Id., 

 p. 144.) We are informed by His Grace, that this tree still exists in as vigor- 

 ous a state as when the drawing was made by Mr. Strutt. 



JDumbartonshire. — The yew tree at Rosedoe is upwards of 12 ft. in cir- 

 cumference; and that in the parish of Arroquhar is 28 ft. in circumference. 

 In the Island of Inchlonaig are said to be several thousands of yews, all of 

 considerable size. ( Report of the County of Dumbarton.^ Qiieries as above. 



Perthshire. — The Fortingal Yew was, in 1770, 52ft. in circumference; it 



