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height of 5 feet, 8 feet 8 inches : spread of branches, not 

 great: height, 113 feet 6 inches. 

 Bole twenty feet, and then branches. — {April 22, 1873, G. C. 

 Atkinson.) 



"Wych Elm, at end of Garden Pond. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 

 14 feet 10 inches : spread of branches, not great : height, 

 103 feet 6 inches. 

 Bole fifteen feet, then divides into two upright stems; fine 

 healthy tree. — (Ibid.) 



Ash, 200 yards "W. of Bridge over Wansbeck, 50 yards N. of 



river, and 450 yards S. of House. Girth at a height of 



5 feet, 16 feet 3 inches: spread of branches, 28 yards: 



height, 72 feet. 



A very fine tree ; bole fifteen feet high, and then divides into 



two main stems. — (Ibid.) 



Holly, on Lawn, 100 yards W. of House. Girth at a height of 

 3 feet, 6 feet 5 inches : spread of branches, 12 yards: 

 height, 45 feet 6 inches. 

 A very fine, healthy, handsome, bushy tree, sweeping down 

 to the ground. — (Ibid.) 



Most of the timber at Wallington and Capheaton is very tall 

 and drawn up. 



WHITFIELD, 150 FEET ABOVE THE SEA. 

 Pinus Douglasii. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 8 feet 6 inches : 

 height, 74 feet. 

 Gravelly soil. — (August, 1872, Mrs. Ord.) 

 Picea nobilis. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 5 feet 8 inches : 

 height, 68 feet. 

 Gravelly soil. — (Ibid.) 

 Pinus Laricio, bank above river. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 

 8 feet 2 inches : height, 87 feet. 

 Sixty or seventy years old; others nearly as large. — (Ibid.) 



WHITTINGHAM. 

 Ash, at E. end of Tillage, where the road turns S. over Eimside 

 Moor. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 15 feet 6 inches: 

 spread of branches, 20 yards : height, 85 feet. 



