156 CATALOGUE OF REMARKABLE TREES 



A very handsome healthy tree, the branches showing a ten- 

 dency to droop down and take root. 



Hemlock SrRUCE, 70 yards "W. of last. Girth at a height of 3 

 feet, 6 feet 3 inches : height, 32^ feet. 

 A straggling tree ; foliage and branches on N.~W. side broken 

 oft.— (Jan. 22, 1874, G. C. Atkinson.) 



LUMLEY CASTLE. 



Beeches. There are some fine Beeches three-quarters of a mile 

 S.E. from the Castle, but of trilling girth : the finest and 

 most K.E. is 123 high, but its girth is barely 8 feet. A 

 fine Beech grows about 200 yards "W.N.W. from the 

 Castle, and 45 yards from the river Wear, which is 11 

 feet in girth, and 75^ feet high, with a spread of 22 yards 

 from side to side. 



Lime. A row of fine Limes close to S. side of the Ferry House, 

 on the E. side of the river, and 15 or 20 yards from the 

 water side : total spread, 20 yards : height, 67^ feet. 

 * There is also a row of good Limes at the 'N.W. corner of 

 the Park, the most N.E. but one of which is 12 feet 5 

 inches in girth ; spread, 20 yards, and height, 72£ feet. 



Oak. A very handsome picturesque Oak grows on the Lawn 

 120 yards S. of the Castle. Girth, 12 feet 3 inches : bole, 

 8 feet high: height of tree, 48 feet. — (April 6, 1874, 

 G. C. Atkinson.) 



DEANERY, CHESTER-LE-STREET. 



Poplar. 50 yards to N.E. of the House, and rather over the edge 

 of a slight ravine, grows a noble tree in full vigour. The 

 late Mr. P. J. Selby was at a loss, I am told, to give it 

 its specific name, therefore I shall not venture to do so ; 

 though, after reading Selby' s remarks on Poplars, I take 

 it to be P. canescens, or Grey Poplar. Its dimensions are, 

 girth, 14 feet 8 inches : bole, 8 feet high, and then a 

 thickish limb to S. : then 10 feet more bole, with girth 

 slightly increasing, and then it branches out in all direc- 

 tions : height, 62£ feet. — June 30, 1874, G. C. Atkinson.) 



