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OF NOETHTTMBEELAND AISTD DUEHAM. 81 



milestone on Military Koad. Girth at a height of 1 foot, 



9 feet : spread of branches, inconsiderable : height, 35 



feet. 



The girth of nine feet is rather too great, as the stem is divided 



almost from the ground. A healthy tree, though the lower 



branches are decaying. The "W. tree, is not nearly so fine. — 



(Feb. 17, 1873, G. C. Atkinson.) 



GIBSIDE. 



Oak, " The King." Girth at a height of 5 feet, 15 feet 6 inches : 

 spread of branches, 27 yards : height, 58 feet. 

 Healthy; making young wood. — (Sept. 4, 1872, Right Hon. 

 Sir Wm. ITutt.) 



Tttekish Oak, by the Carriage-road above the Octagon Pond. 

 Girth at a height of 5 feet, 6 feet 8 inches : height, 62 

 feet. 

 Healthy fine tree. — (Ibid.) 



"White Beech, near Entrance Gate. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 

 1 1 feet 5 inches : height, 60 feet. 

 Healthy fine tree. — (Ibid.) 



Silvee Pie, cut down in Jan., 1871. Girth at a height of 5 

 feet, 10 feet: height, 105 feet. 

 Decayed at the top. — (Ibid.) 



GLANTON PIKE. 



Aeaucaeia imbeicata. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 2 feet 1 

 inch.— (Sept. 20, 1872, F. J. W. Collingivood.) 



Cedeus Deodaea. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 2 feet 7 inches : 

 spread of branches, 6 yards. — (Ibid.) 



HAMSTERLEY. 



Silvee Fee, 300 yards E. of House, on side of top walk to 

 Garden, and about 40 feet above level of the Burn. Girth 

 at a height of 5 feet, 1 2 feet 2 inches : spread of branches, 

 17 yards: height, 106 feet. 

 A very handsome tree. — (April 9, 1873, G. C. Atkinson.) 



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