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MEDOMSLEY. 



Ash, about 1200 yards E. by £-S. from the Hall (laid down as the 



" Hollow Tree" in Ordnance Survey). Girth at a height 



of 5 feet, 17 feet 3 inches: spread of branches, trifling: 



height, 35 feet. 



A singular tree ; has apparently been pollarded. The bole, 



about eight feet high, is hollow and full of openings on all sides ; 



a few branches of inconsiderable size grow out from the top of 



the trunk, and from them and the trunk itself, rise a number of 



nearly upright branches. — (July 31, 1873, G. C. Atkinson.) 



MINSTERACRES. 



Pintjs nobilis. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 4 feet 1 inch : height, 

 49 feet 9 inches. — (February 14, 1873, Henry Silvertop.) 



Wellingtonia gigantea. Girth at a height of 2 feet, 4 feet 7 

 inches : spread of branches, 5 yards : height, 32 feet 

 6 inches. 

 Planted in April, 1857.— (Ibid). 

 Another, almost as large. 



P. Douglash. Height, 32 feet. — (Ibid.) 



Ceyptomeeia Lobblt. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 3 feet : height, 

 24 feet.— (Ibid.) 



Taxodium sempeevieens. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 3 feet : 

 height, 14 feet. — (Ibid.) 



MITFORD. 



Sycamoee, on S. bank of Wansbeck, opposite Mitford House, and 

 700 yards from it. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 15 feet 3 

 inches : spread of branches, 23 yards : height, 60 feet. 

 A splendid tree, in full vigour; estimated, in 1863, to contain 



456 feet of timber; bole 11 feet high, and then a rather formal 



head.— (Oct. 7, 1872, G. C. Atkinson.) 



MORPETH. 



Willow, just within the Gate to the Offices at the Rectory. 

 Girth at a height of 3 feet, 15 feet 3 inches : spread of 

 branches, not great : height, 30 or 40 feet. 



