82 CATALOGUE OF REMARKABLE TREES 



Spruce 'Fir, about 335 yards E. of House,, on edge of lower walk 

 to Garden, and near the Bum. Girth at a height of 5 

 feet, 9 feet 8 inches : spread of branches, considerable : 

 height, 87 feet 6 inches. 

 A curious growing tree. — {April 9, 1873, G. C. Atkinson.) 



Spruce, 100 yards N.E. of House. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 

 7 feet: spread of branches, trifling: height 99 feet 6 

 inches. — [Ibid.) 



Silyer Elr, 250 yards E. of House. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 

 9 feet 9 inches : spread of branches, moderate : height, 

 88 feet 6 inches. 

 A fine healthy tree. — [Ibid.) 



Scotch Elr, 100 yards N.E. of House. Girth at a height of 5 

 feet, 9 feet 6 inches : spread of branches, trifling : height, 

 88 feet 6 inches. 

 Picturesque tree ; covered with ivy. — [Ibid.) 



HARTBURN. 



Silver Eir. Two very fine ones stand 4 yards apart (N. and S.), 

 450 yards K"."W. from the old castellated house at N". of 

 Hartburn, and 30 yards xT. of river Pont. This one (S.) 

 is the finest. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 1 1 feet 7 inches : 

 spread of branches, not great: height, 126 feet. 

 These two fine trees are at a level of fifteen feet above the 



Pont, very much embedded in wood ; a third, but much smaller 



Silver Eir, grows fifty yards N". of them. They are all in full 



vigour. — (May 9, 1873, G. C. Atkinson.) 



THE HERMITAGE, HEXHAM. 



Beech, on level ground, 80 yards S. of House. Girth at a height 

 of 4 feet, 1 3 feet 4 inches : spread of branches, considera- 

 ble : height 47 feet. 

 One of three very fine low-stemmed full-topped Beeches, stand- 

 ing in a line E. and W. sixty or seventy yards S. of House, fifty 

 yards apart. In full vigour.— (Nov. 20, 1872, G. C. Atkinson.) 



Scotch Fir. Two stand close together, about 100 yards N.E. of 



