OF NORTHUMBERLAND AND DLTlHAM. 9i 



Lime, about 80 yards S.S.E. of House ; the most N. and best in 

 S. Avenue. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 11 feet 5 inches: 

 spread of branches, not great : height, 60 feet. — (April 

 28, 1873, G. C. Atkinson.) 

 Common Holly. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 6 feet 1 inch : 

 spread of branches, fair : height, 54 feet. 

 Bole nine feet, then branches. — (Ibid.) 

 Variegated Holly. Girth at a height of 1 foot, 6 feet 3 inches : 

 height, 43 ieet—(Ibid.) 

 The two last-mentioned trees (each the best of its kind) stand 

 in a sort of short avenue, about ten yards wide, formed by a row of 

 Common Hollies on the E. side, and Variegated Hollies on the W. 

 side, which runs for about forty yards N". and S. : commencing 

 fifty yards from S.E. corner of House. All fine trees, but too 

 close together for good development. 



SIMONBURN. 

 Elm, in Cottage Garden at the corner of the road from Simon- 

 burn to Hall Earns, on E. of road. Girth at a height of 

 5 feet, 15 feet 2 inches: spread of branches, 27 yards: 

 height, about 100 feet. 

 A beautiful tree, with round bole of considerable length. — 

 (August 16, 1872, G. C. Atkinson.) 



Beech, 400 yards along the road to Hall Barns from this, and 

 150 yards from Hall Barns; which fell across the road 

 from its place on "W. of road a few weeks since. Girth 

 at a height of 5 feet, 13 feet 2 inches (stem nearly the 

 same for 40 feet). 

 It grew on the steep "W. bank of a little stream, which had under- 

 mined it. On July 26, 1873, I counted the rings on the section 

 of the stump, and found them one hundred and thirty-five. The 

 tree was therefore one hundred and thirty -five years old when it 

 fell.— (Ibid.) 



Sycamore, in Churchyard, the "W. and finest of two. Girth at a 

 height of 5 feet, 12 feet 4 inches : spread of branches, 24 

 yards : height, 68 feet. 

 Boll twelve feet, and then a fine full healthy head. — (July 26, 

 1873, ibid.) 



