202 Account of some remarkable Holly Hedges, fyc. 



high, and are from three to four and a half feet in girth at six 

 feet from the ground ; four are larger, two girthing five feet 

 ten inches, one four feet ten inches, and one four feet three 

 inches at the above height. At the southern extremity of 

 the bank, where the slope is small, it is covered by smaller 

 Hollies, growing so thickly together that a man cannot pass 

 through them ; they appear to have arisen from seed, and are 

 of younger growth than the others ; they exceed one hundred 

 in number, but none are more than two feet in girth. On 

 the flat ground, adjoining the bottom of the southern part 

 of the bank, some Hollies of large dimensions grow, the mea- 

 surements of the two best of which are as follows : 



Feet. In. Feet In. Feet. In. Feet. In. 



1, 52 0; girth at the root, 7 5 ; at six feet, 5 7 ; height to branches, 10 6 



2. 43 9; ditto - - -5 6; ditto - 4 9; ditto - - - 8 6, 



The first of these trees divides after the above height into 

 three large branches, the second into two branches. A few 

 of the Hollies on the bank are nearly as tall as the above. 



There is no record existing relating to these singular trees, 

 nor any account of their age ; none have been felled, except- 

 ing those which have exhibited symptoms of decay, within 

 the knowledge of any person now alive. 



