1838 



tRBORETUM AND I KUTKT.TUM 



I kt:um\ head ; it i- 69ft. high ; and the extent of its boughs, from east to west, is llift." 



I.ini't. r's Gilpin, n i' 256. I here are several line oaki in the park of Earl Stanhope at Chevcning, 

 near 8 Oneoftheaeii 14 ft 6 In. in girt at 3 ft. from the ground j and the diameter of the 



head i- 84 ft. Prom a leafofthia tree sent m by Earl Stanhope, it would appear to he Q, seasiliflbrd ; 



Him we arr- not certain. In Somersetshire, at BrOCkiey Hall, it is BOft. high, with a trunk 

 ,',lt in ein lmilerence ; at Nettlecomhe, 220 years old, it is 100 ft. high, the diameter of the 



ii , and circumference of the trunk 20ft. In Surrey, at Clareiriont, it is 76ft. high, the 



■ I BOft., and girt of the trunk 13 ft. 6 in. in Suuex.atCowdray.it is 60ft nigh, 



meter of the bead 108 fl , and girt of the trunk 16 ft. 6 in.; at Kidbrooke, ioo years old, it is 



■ «b, the diamete, o! the lead B8ft.. and jrjrt Of the trunk 21 ft. The l.'ookery Oak, at 



Kidhr • <.t Lord Colchc ter, is 90ft high ; the circumference of the trunk, at 1 ft. from 



, • i '.I th( I" id 70 fl : the speeies is Q. pedmieulata. The Sussex 



')), r,n tie tame estate (g aesailifl&ra), ia 70 ft. high, with a trunk 21ft. in circum- 

 ference, and a head 90ft. In diametet in Horafield'a History, tyc. qf Sussex, Append, n., Botany, 



i ,1 I. •-. , p i, ., publUhed 1836, is an account Of "a very fine oak, perhaps the 



n the county, which groa In th< plea ure -rounds of Sheffield Park. The tint or hole, in 



in i rcumferena and,asth< tree ii in a moat thriving state, it will 



The amount oi timber now contained in the tree ia more than n loads 



rden I al o a beautiful tree, although not 10 large aa the other: it measures 



