THE BEECH. 



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to thirty feet in circumference, and from eighty 

 to one hundred and fourteen feet in height. 

 Several figures are also given by Loudon, show- 

 ing the tendency of the branches of the Beech 

 to grow together wdien they touch in crossing. 

 The annexed figure, taken from the Arloretum 

 BrHannicum, represents a very singular example 

 of this peculiarity in a tree standing in West 

 Hey Wood, between Cliff and^Stamford. 



BEECH TREE IN WEST HEY WOOD. 



