128 THE COMMON, OR FIELD MAPLE. 



Architect, for the sustenance and particular ne- 

 cessities of the simple Maple, this " ditch trum- 

 pery," as Gilpin calls it ; which naturally leads 

 one to consider, that, if He had so regarded 

 such humble objects, how much more has He 

 counted worthy of His beneficence, the more 

 highly destined orders of His creation ! " 



In the Gardeners' Chronicle there is an ac- 

 count of a Maple at Docking Hall, in Norfolk, 

 which measures sixteen feet in circumference at 

 the base, and eight feet nine inches where the 

 arms commence. The tree is very beautiful in 

 form; it is nearly circular, the average of the 

 diameter of the spread being fifty feet. 



