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REMARKABLE OAKS. 



derives thousands of pounds from the disin- 

 terested forethought of his ancestors, in plant- 

 ing and preserving young trees upon his es- 

 tate, it will not cost him as many shillings to 

 plant and preserve others, that the estate may 

 continue to be as productive, when he has 

 done with it." 



Mrs. Heathfield was remarking the size of 

 some of these trees ; and no wonder, for they 

 are noble specimens. Yet we have accounts 

 of some far exceeding them in size. One, in 

 Dennington Park, called the King's Oaky was 

 fifty feet high before it threw out a branch ; 

 and the lower part, when squared for sale, 

 measured five feet across. One, in Shropshire, 

 M^as yet larger, being nine feet in diameter ; 

 and the branches covered a space of almost a 

 hundred and fifty feet. One, at Norbury, was 

 in girth forty-five feet, which, you know, gives 



