OF NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM. 79 



ESLINGTON PARK. 



Silver Fir, the most W. and finest of a group of nine, 100 yards 



W.KW. of E. Lodge. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 13 



feet 10 inches: spread of branches, 12 yards: height, 



126£ feet. 



A fine rigorous tree, as are the other eight. The Ordnance 



Surveyors placed a T sight on the upper part of it some years 



since, and disfigured it by cutting away some of the branches to 



make their mark visible. — [April 24, 1873, O. C. Atkinson.) 



Holly. Some fine ones stand in the Park, paled in to keep the 

 deer from them. Perhaps the finest, stands 140 yards 

 S.W. from Bridge over the Aln to S.W. of House. Girth 

 at a height of 3 feet, 7 feet : spread of branches, fair : 

 height, about 40 feet. 

 A healthy tree, with considerable head. — (Ibid.) 



Birch, close on S. bank of Aln 200 yards W.N.W. from E. Lodge. 

 Girth at. a height of 4 feet, 7 feet 5 inches : height, 60 feet. 

 One of three. — (Ibid.) 



White Poplar, in the " Trap Wood," about 300 yards N.W. 

 by IS", from E. Lodge. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 11 

 feet: spread of branches, 20 yards: height, 116 feet. 

 A scanty, straggling, ugly tree. — (Ibid.) 



FALLODEN. 

 Ilex. Two very fine trees of this kind grew here, but the largest 

 was destroyed in 1865, and the other about 20 years 

 since. Selby figures one of them at p. 298 of his " British 

 Eorest Trees," and states its dimensions (in 1842) to be : 

 Girth at a height of 2 feet, 7 feet 4 inches : spread of 

 branches, large : height, 45 feet. 



Silver Eir. Girth at a height of 2 feet, 1 1 feet 9 inches ; at 5 

 feet, 10 feet 9 inches : height, more than 80 feet. 



Do. Girth at a height of 2 feet, 12 feet 7 inches. 



Both trees near the house, and not far from water. — (March 

 28, 1873, Right Ron. Sir G. Grey.) 



