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begin with beech till 1741, and then by 

 seed ; so that my largest is now at five 

 feet from the ground, 6 feet 3 inches in 

 girth, and with its head spreads a circle of 

 20 yards diameter. This tree was also 

 dug round, washed, &c." Stratton, 24 

 July, 1790. 



The circumference of trees planted by 

 myself at 1 foot from the ground (1790). 



feet, inches. 



Oak in 1730 - 



- 4 



5 



Ash 1730 - 



- 4 



6i 



Great fir 1751 - 



- 5 







Greatest beech 1751 - 



- 4 







Elm 1750 - 



- 5 



3 



Lime 1756 - 



- 5 



5 



The great oak in the Holt, which is 

 deemed by Mr. Marsham to be the biggest 

 in this island, at 7 feet from the ground, 

 measures in circumference 34 feet. It has 

 in old times lost several of its boughs, and 

 is tending to decay. Mr. Marsham com- 

 putes, that at 14 feet length this oak con- 

 tains 1 ,000 feet of timber. 



