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circumference of about 20 feet and a branch spread of 1401/2 feet (29). 

 In 1930 it was 391 years old. 



Spanish oak is a name used in Maryland and other nearby and 

 Southeastern States for southern red oak. An outstanding tree of 

 this species is reported by the owner near Suclley, and by the State 

 department of forestry (June 1. 1928), as measuring 23 feet 5 inches 

 in circumference, 105 feet in height, and 129 feet in spread of branches. 



A giant willow oak reported by its owner near Easton, and meas- 

 ured by a representative of the State department of forestry, has a 

 circumference of 21 feet, a height of 103 feet, and a branch spread of 

 97 feet. 



A loblolly pine near Carmichael, reported by the owner in 1928 and 

 measured by the State department of forestry, has a circumference 

 of 16 feet 4 inches, a height of 84 feet, and a branch spread of 105 

 feet. 



A Carolina poplar was reported by the owner at Preston through 

 the State department of forestry, June 1. 1928. That department 

 reports that the tree's circumference is 14 feet, its height 110 feet, 

 and its branch spread 106 feet, 



A sassafras at Sandy Springs, measured by a member of the State 

 department of forestry, has a circumference of 12 feet 1 inch 4% feet 

 from the ground, according to E. X. Munns, Chief of the Section of 

 Silvics, Forest Service, in a letter to S. A. Casey, Lebanon, Mo., dated 

 November 2, 1931. 



A sycamore near Funkstown, measured by a representative of the 

 State department of forestry, when reported June 1. 1928, had a cir- 

 cumference of 23 feet 3 inches, a height of 103 feet, and a branch 

 spread of 100 feet, 



The Liberty Tree on the campus of St. John's College, Annapolis, 

 has a circumference of 32 feet 4 inches 2 feet from the ground and is 

 150 feet tall. The State department of forestry in 1928 reported this 

 tree's circumference as 26 feet, its height as 124 feet, and its branch 

 spread as 117 feet. 



A black walnut near Chewsville measured by a representative of 

 the State department of forestry and reported in 1928, had a cir- 

 cumference of 19 feet 7 inches, a height of 100 feet, and a branch 

 spread of 132 feet. 



A black willow (Salix nigra) near Chewsville was reported by the 

 State department of forestry in 1928 as measuring 14y 2 feet in cir- 

 cumference, 61 feet in height, and 66 feet in branch spread. 



A weeping willow (Salix habylonica) reported from near Thur- 

 mont is an exotic species native to western Asia, but naturalized in 

 a number of localities from the Central Atlantic States westward to 

 Michigan and Illinois. This tree, measured by the State department 

 of forestry in 1928, had a circumference of 15% feet, a height of 

 53 feet, and a branch spread of 79 feet, 



An English yew, one of the trees on Mrs. W. J. Starr's estate near 

 Easton is 8 feet in circumference and 41 feet tall and has a branch 

 spread of 49 feet, as measured and reported by a representative of 

 the State department of forestry in 1928. 



MASSACHUSETTS 



A white birch ( possibly Betula populifolia) in Athol, Worcester 

 County, is 12 feet 2 inches in its smallest circumference, according 



