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One of a row of five or six Limes ; all their stems a little flat- 

 tened, and therefore give too much girth. 



SWARLAND. 



Larch, to "W. of the Hall. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 8 feet : 

 spread of branches, 18 yards: height, 60 feet. 

 Supposed to be one hundred and forty years old. — (September 



18, 1872, Robert Scott, Gamekeeper.) 



Larch, to W. of the Hall. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 9 feet : 

 spread of branches, 18 yards : height, 60 feet. 

 Supposed to be one hundred and forty years old. — (Ibid.) 



ULGHAM, NEAR MORPETH. 



Oak (a wonderful ghost of a tree), stands in the Park "Wood, at 



Ulgham, '370 yards "W. from dot (.) on Ordnance Map, 



marked " Old Shaft," on road running N. to S. on E. side 



of "Wood: this dot being 1 mile 1 furlong ~N. from the 



village of Ulgham. Girth at a height of 3 feet, 15 feet; 



at 5 feet, 18 feet 7 inches; at 6 feet, 20 feet 1 inch; at 



7 feet, 21 feet 7 inches : height of stump, 26 feet. 



A most weird, ghostly tree ; more like a huge brown Druidical 



stone than a tree. No leaves ! no bark ! no life ! Standing in a 



young plantation, which it overtops eight or ten feet. — (June 



19, 1873, G. C. Athinson.) 



UNTHANK. 



Sycamore, variegated, between garden and river. Girth at a 

 height of 5 feet, 9 feet 2 inches : spread of branches, 30 

 yards. 

 A fine tree. — (August 19, 1872, G. C. Athinson.) 



Oak, "W. of Hall. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 13 feet 11 inches : 



spread of branches, 17 yards : height, 60 feet. 



A handsome low tree. — (September 23, 1872, Rev. Dixon 



Brown.) 



WALLINGTON. 



Beech, by Turnpike-road, 100 yards E. of Stable-yard Clock 

 Tower. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 1 1 feet 2 inches : 

 spread of branches, inconsiderable : height, 113 feet. 



