CONCORD 
1892 
November 13 
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Mount ain 
Laurel 
Large Oaks 
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Off with. Mr. Buttrick for the entire forenoon, 
driving to Everett Mason’s, thence through a lane to the 
old. Carlisle road, where we dismissed the boy and horses. 
After searching for nearly an hour we found what is said to 
be the largest thicket of Mountain Laurel that exists in 
Concord. It grows among birches on dry ground near a 
swamp and is spread thinly over a quarter of an acre or 
more. The largest bushes are about 6 feet in height and 
although evidently old are still very vigorous. 
In an open pasture to the north-west of these 
laurels stands the finest White Oak that I have yet seen 
in this county. It is very tall with a full, symmetrical 
top but without the usual wide spread of lateral branches. 
The girth one foot above the ground is 16 feet, two feet 
higher 12 feet. Another White Oak which grows among pines 
on the east side of the road nearer Concord measured 13 feet, 
in girth three feet above the ground but the height is 
less than that of the other tree and the top snd trunk 
show signs of decay.* 
jWe returned by way of the old roeadi and over the 
top of Punkatasset where we started five Partridge, the 
only ones we saw during the day. A Flicker, a Shrike, 
seven Robins, two flocks of Chickadees, and a. few Juncos 
were also seen. Early this morning a large flock of Tree] 
♦According to David Buttrick (who died this auturrn .at 
the age of “92) a Bear was once treed and shot in this oak. 
