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CATALOGUE OF REMARKAJBLE TREES 



A vigorous healthy tree, clean bole for forty feet, then a rough 

 head. About one hundred and twenty or one hundred and 

 thirty years old. — (May 3, 1873, G. C. Atkinson.) 



Larch (the finest in the Park), 120 yards north of Moor Lodge. 

 Girth at a height of 5 feet, 9 feet 3 inches : spread of 

 branches, considerable : height, 102 feet. — (Ibid.) 



Weymouth Tike on W. of Drive, 100 yards S. of the Duchess' 

 Bridge. Girth at a height of 3 feet, 8 feet : spread of 

 branches, inconsiderable : height, 72 feet. 

 An ugly tree ; rises four feet, then spreads out like an open 



hand, and rises in separate branches. — (Ibid.) 



Birch, on S. side of high walk to Lady's Well, and 300 yards 

 W. of Tiysting Tree : three stems from one root. Girth 

 at a height of 3 feet : N. stem, 6 feet 4 inches ; E. stem, 

 5 feet 10 inches; W. stem, 5 feet: spread of branches, 

 considerable. 

 A straggling healthy picturesque tree. — (Ibid.) 



Hornbeam, 200 yards west of Lady's Well, close to river Aln. 



Girth at a height of 5 feet, 6 feet : spread of branches, 



moderate : height, 51 feet. 

 This tree, which is one of the finest of its kind in the park, 

 was blown down in 1872, and now lies where it fell. — (Ibid.) 



Birch, 70 or 80 yards S.E. of Hulne Abbey. Girth at a height 

 of 2 feet, 9 feet 3 inches ; spread of branches, 1 8 yards : 

 height, 67 feet. 

 At three feet the stem divides into two large and rather upright 



arms. — (Ibid.) 



Pinus Cembra, the finest in the Park, beside Elyburn Drive, 

 about 500 yards ~N. of the Home Farm. Girth at a height 

 of 5 feet, 5 feet : spread of branches, considerable : height, 

 45 feet. 

 A fine healthy tree, upwards of fifty years old. — (Ibid.) 



AXWELL PARK. 



Mulberry, 50 yards N.W. of House. Girth at a height of 5 



