§2 MISC. PUBLICATION 295, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



A basswood with a circumference of 10 feet 4 inches at breast 

 height, a height of 84 feet, and a branch spread of 85 feet, is reported 

 by Mrs. John F. Symington, of Kodgers Forge, according to the 

 State department of forestry. 



An English beech belonging to Mrs. W. J. Starr, near Easton. 

 is 13!/2 feet in circumference, with a height of 85 feet and a spread 

 of 81 feet, as measured by the State department of forestry in 1928. 



A dogwood owned by S. F. Baldwin, near Collington. Prince 

 Georges County, measures 5% feet in circumference. 18 feet in height, 

 and 35 feet in spread of branches, according to the State department 

 of forestry. 



A hackberry near Venton. Somerset County, measuring 12 feet 2 

 inches in circumference, 86 feet in spread, and 68 feet in height, 

 has been reported by its owner and measured by the State department 

 of forestry. 



A hemlock at Swallow Falls. Garrett County, was reported as 

 having, when measured by a representative of the State department 

 of forestry on June 1. 1928, a circumference of 8 feet 11 inches, a 

 height of 108 feet, and a branch spread of 40 feet. 



A red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) on the place of Mrs. W. J. 

 Starr, near Easton. is 11 feet 7 inches in circumference, is 52 feet 

 tall, and has a branch spread of 43 feet, according to the measure- 

 ments of the State department of forestry, reported June 1. 1928. 



A Kentucky coffeetree near Cecilton. 12% feet in circumference, 72 

 feet in branch spread, and 105 feet tall, was reported by the owner, 

 Mrs. Kate McLane, and measured by the State department of forestry. 

 It was reported by the department on June 1. 1928. 



A black locust measuring 12 feet 11 inches in circumference. 73 

 feet in height, and 67 feet in branch spread, near Glyndon. and a 

 honeylocust measuring 16 feet in circumference, 88 feet in height, 

 and 125 feet in spread of branches, near Centerville. were reported 

 by the State department of forestry June 1. 1928. 



Outstanding representatives of red and sugar maples are reported 

 by owners from near Forest Hill and Sang Run. A red maple near 

 Forest Hill, in 1928 measured 16*4 feet in circumference, 68 feet in 

 height, and 57 feet in spread of branches. The sugar maple measured 

 16!/3 feet in circumference. 105 feet in height, and 84 feet in branch 

 spread. Both of these trees were measured by a representative of 

 the State department of forestry. 



On a farm about 1 mile from Hyattstown, Frederick County, there 

 is a red oak which has a circumference of 22 feet V/ 2 feet from the 

 ground. This tree was reported by M. D. Hyatt, of the Xavy Depart- 

 ment, Xewport News, Va., to the Forester, U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture, July 17. 1922. 



A white oak near Landover. Prince George County (16) has a cir- 

 cumference of 25 feet 1 inch at breast height, a height of 85 feet, and a 

 branch spread of 96 feet. It was officially measured by a representa- 

 tive of the State department of forestry* and reported June 1. 1928. 



A white oak owned by James E. Steuart, at Annapolis (16), has a 

 circumference of 22 feet 7 inches, a height of 99 feet, and a branch 

 spread of 114 feet. 



Wye Mills Oak (fig. 39). a white oak about 9 miles from Easton. 

 According to an inscription on a tablet attached to the tree, it has a 



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