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garden, ire particularly examined it; and as it appeared to 

 us i vegetable curiosity, we may perhaps be excused for 

 Borne minuteness df description, and for illustrating our 

 description by a rough sketch *. The remains of the ori- 

 ginal trunk, now lying horizontally on the ground, mea- 

 sure in length 81 j feet; and in circumference, at four 

 feet from the root, 5 feet 8 inches. Two large branches 

 have risen perpendicularly, and now perform the office of 

 stem, forming a new tree with a double head. The first 

 of these subsidiary trunks, which springs off at the dis- 

 tance of thirteen feet from the original root, measures in 

 height 6 feet before it forks ; and it is 3 feet in circumfe- 

 rence. The other new stem comes off nearly at the upper 

 extremity of the old trunk, and rises 7J feet before divi- 

 ding ; like the former, it is about 3 feet in circumference. 

 Both of these form handsome heads, and, taken together, 

 cover a space of 30 feet by 24. On examination we per- 

 ceived that a certain continuous portion of the bark was 

 fresh all the way from the original root ; and, by removing 

 a little of the earth, we likewise ascertained, that many new 

 loots, though of small size, had been sent off from the 

 base of the two branches which had formed themselves in- 

 to stems and heads. The fruit of this aged tree is ex- 

 eel lent; indeed it is commonly said, that the fruit of the 

 oldept mulberry-trees is the best. In 1815, the berries, sold 

 at 2s. a pottle, yielded no less than six guineas. We were 

 told that they are commonly bought up for desserts, by 

 the " gentlemen of the Cathedral," who, like their predc- 

 nr&j ;mc probably no bad judges of such matters. 

 The two vines are of the variety called the Small black 

 cluster grape ; the berries being small, and the bunches 

 mi -cumpacl, <uh\ not huge. The steins, when examin- 



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