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There is one not far from the entrance of Harmony 

 Grove Cemetery, on the high land, and another near 

 the Peabody entrance. There are several at Kern wood, 

 two being more than nine feet in circumference around 

 the smallest portion of their trunks. There are a num- 

 ber on Brimble avenue, Beverly, where there are no less 

 than five of our native oaks growing within a short 

 distance. The Burley oaks, on the estate of Mr. G. 

 A. Peabody in Danvers, are the best known white oaks, 

 and as old as any in this region, The tree nearest the 

 house, pictured in "Typical Elms and Other Trees," 

 even after the loss of its longest projecting limb, 

 which formerly extended a distance of seventy-five feet 

 from the trunk, still shades a space eighty five feet in 

 diameter. The trunk is about twelve feet in circum- 

 ference. 



The tree which most closely resembles the white oak, 

 is the English oak (Quercus robur), of which the 

 variety (pedunculata) having long stems to the acorns 

 and leaves closely attached to the branches, appears to 

 be the only form cultivated in Salem. The largest 

 one in the city is on Winthrop street, opposite Prescott, 

 it being more than six feet in circumference at five 

 feet from the ground. There are other trees on Felt 

 street and on the grounds of the Pickering mansion 

 on Broad street. The oaks in the Charter street 

 burying ground and those on Clifton avenue are of 

 this species. This oak seems to have been quite 

 extensively planted in Salem some fifty years ago and 

 more. On the turnpike, by the Fay estate, are seed- 

 lings of trees which have sprung from the English 

 oaks, among the other trees in that extensive plantation. 



This variety is natural to southern England, and if 



