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LAMBTON CASTLE. 



Beech, on N. at entrance of drive to Lambton Bridge. Girth, 

 14 feet : height, 72 feet : spread, considerable, but irre- 

 gular : bole, 7 yards, then divides into six large limbs. 



Oak, 100 yards S. of last. Girth at 2 feet, 15 feet 2 inches 

 (girth of a limb branching out to N., 11 feet 4 inches) : 

 bole, 6 feet, then divides into four limbs, of which the 

 above-mentioned is the largest : spread, 30 yards, height, 

 51ifeet. 



Oak, between the Brewery and Forester's House, 100 yards E. 

 of latter. Girth, 10 feet 7 inches: height, 45 feet 6 

 inches : spread, 21 yards. A healthy picturesque tree. 



Sycamore (the best in Lambton), on river bank, about 200 yards 

 above Lambton Bridge, and 20 yards from river Wear. 

 Girth, 11 feet 6 inches: height, 68£ feet: spread, 19 

 yards: bole, 12 feet, and then divides. A handsome 

 healthy tree. 



Wellingtoni. Height, 35 feet 10 inches: girth, 4 feet 3 in- 

 ches. — {April 6, 1874, G. C. Atkinson.) 



BIDDICK. 



E. side of Avenue to House contains some fine Willows. The 

 one f ourth from the House is 1 2 feet 5 inches in girth : 

 bole, 9 feet high : spread, 27£ yards, then divides into 

 two large stems: height, 81^ feet. The first "Willow 

 from the House has a girth of 12 feet 2 inches : a spread 

 of 21 yards, and a height of 69 feet. 



Asn. A good tree grows about 150 yards N.E. of the Hall, near 

 the road. Girth, 13 feet 4 inches; bole, 10 feet, then 

 divides into six or seven limbs : spread, considerable : 

 height, not great : head, rather meagre. 



Peach. A Peach tree, in a house which it completely fills, 

 covers a space 35 feet long by 14 feet 6 inches high. It 

 usually bears thirty to forty dozen of very fine peaches, 

 which ripen in June. Girth, as it leaves the ground, 



