76 CATALOGUE OF REMARKABLE TREES 



A healthy tree, but drawn up from being planted among others. 

 — (April 21, 1873, G. C. Atkinson.) 



Flowering Ash (Fraxinus omits), 20 yards S. of Garden. Girth 

 at a height of 5 feet, 5 feet 5 inches : spread of branches, 

 considerable : height, 43 feet. — (Ibid.) 



Lime, E. tree of a row in the Park. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 

 10 feet 10 inches: spread of branches, inconsiderable: 

 height, 54 feet. — (Ibid.) 



CHESTERS. 



Yew (the most N. and finest of three or four), 50 yards S. of 



Garden S. Wall. Girth at a height of 1 foot, 10 feet 4 



inches : spread of branches, considerable : height, 36 feet. 



A fine tree. Planted about 1771, when the house was built. 



—(July 26, 1873, G. C. Atkinson) 



Black Poplar, 50 yards N.E. from House. Girth at a height of 



5 feet, 10 feet 4 inches: spread of branches, 18 yards: 



height, 68 feet. 



A healthy ugly tree. Bole twelve feet, then spreading branches. 



—(Ibid.) 



CLEADON. 



Mountain Ash, 15 yards N. of Pish Pond in Mr. Abbs' grounds. 



Girth at a height of 5 feet, 5 feet 2 inches : spread of 



branches, inconsiderable : height, 35 feet. 



Stem eight feet high, and then divides into three. Decaying 

 fast.— (0^. 11, 1872, G. C. Atkinson.) 



CHILLINGHAM PARK. 



Elm (English). Girth at a height of 5 feet, 15 feet: spread of 

 branches, 21 yards : height, 50 feet. 

 About two hundred years old. Top blown off many years 

 ago.— (Oct. 23, 1872, Earl of Tanker ville.) 



Silver Fir. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 10 feet 6 inches: 

 height, 100 feet. 

 Healthy ; about one hundred years old. — (Ibid.) 



Wellingtons gigantea. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 3 feet 5 

 inches ; spread of branches, 4 yards : height, 5 7 feet. 



