Report of Meetings for 1888. By J. Hardy. 189 



At one foot from 



the gr 



juiid. 



At five feet from the ground 





ft. 



in. 





ft. 



iii. 



Oak 



16 



6 





12 







() 



14 









n 



7 





13 



10 



- 



10 



-1 



Ash - 



13 



7 





!) 



10 



Sycamore 



14 



7 





10 



4 



j, 



13 









1(1 



4 



„ 



11 



9 



- 



10 







Black Italian 











Poplar - 



15 



9 





13 









14 



10 





11 



4 



After a considerable drive Chesters House was passed, and 

 the carriages were checked to look down the avenue, where 

 there was a series of good Beeches in the avenue. This estate 

 is said to be more fully timbered than any in the neighbourhood. 

 When possessed by the Bennets, they kept a trade nursery here, 

 a rival of that of the Dicksons at Hassendean, whence many of 

 the plantations that now decorate the country were derived, and 

 as appears by advertisements in the old Newcastle newspapers 

 of the middle part of the 18th century their business had 

 extended to Northumberland. Accordingly I was desirous of 

 having a tree list to compare with that from Minto, and this 

 also was procured for me by Mr Robertson. 



Measurements of a few of the Largest Trees at Chesters. 



At one 



foot iron 



the ground. 



At live 



feet from the ground. 





ft. 



in. 





ft. 



in. 



Beech 



15 



6 





12 



11 



,, 



12 



9 





11 







Ash 



12 









11 







,, 



9 







- 



8 



4 



Oak 



15 









12 



8 



„ 



13 



11 



- 



12 



11 



Elm 



12 



10 





12 



4 



,, 



12 



6 





9 



10 



Lime 



12 



2 





10 



10 



,, 



8 



10 





7 



6 



Plane 



34 



3 



(did not 



measure five feet up.) 



„ 



11 









9 



11 



Larch 



10 









8 



6 



„ 



9 









7 



2 



John Laidlaw, Forester. 



