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bears a grand head; it is 69 ft. high; and the extent of its boughs, from east to west, is H 1 *. •{Lauder's Gilpin, ii. p. 256.) There are several fine oaks in the park of Earl Stanhope at Cheveni g-near Seven Oaks. One of these is 14 ft. 6 in. in girt at 3 ft. from the ground ; and the diameter o,head is 84 ft. From a leaf of this tree sent us by Earl Stanhope, it would appear to be Q. sessioni >but of this we are not certain. In Somersetshire , at Brockley Hall, it is 80 ft. high, with a tabove36ft. in circumference; at Nettlecombe, 220 years old, it is 100ft. high, the diameterhead 50 ft., and circumference of the trunk 20 ft. In Surrey, at Claremont, it is (6 ft. hig > .diameter of the head 80ft., and girt of the trunk 23ft. Gin. In Sussex, at Cowdray.it is Wilt. |>the diameter of the head 108ft, and girt of the trunk 16 ft. 6in.; at Kidbrooke, 100 years oi »

60 ft high, the diameter of the head 88 ft., and girt of the trunk 21ft. The Rookery U *Kidbrooke, the seat of Lord Colchester, is 90 ft. high ; the circumference of the trunk, at 1 J-the ground, is 18 ft., and the diameter of the head 70 ft.: the species is Q. pedunculate. in .Farm Yard Oak, on the same estate {Q. sessilifiora), is 70 ft high, with a trunk 21ft. in j:ference, and a head 90ft. in diameter. In Horsfield’s History, %c. of Sussex, Append. **•».by T. H. Cooper, Esq., F.L.S., p. 6., published 1835, is an account of *'a very fine oak, pe P infinest in the county, which grows in the pleasure-grounds of Sheffield Park. T he but o » ^height 22 ft., measures 15 ft. 5 in. in circumference; and, as the tree is in a most thriving st , | oa< j R<attain a much larger size. The amount of timber now contained in the tree is more tna J(rPSThe oak in the kitchen-garden is also a beautiful tree, although not so large as the other: it