. St. Nicholas [serial]. MONUMIiNT MARKING THE SIOT WHERE THE OAK blUOU THAISWERVED TVRRELs ARROW. Purkiss still live in the Forest, and it is said thatdown to a comparatively recent time one mightsee in their house the axletree of the very cartin which the Red Kings body was carried. In the year 1745 a monument was set up by anEnglish nobleman on the spot where, as said inthe inscription, he had himself seen growing theoak from which Tyrrels arrow made its fatal 170 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS [Dec, swerve. The stone having Ijecome defaced, asimilar pillar (shown in our picture) was pl
. St. Nicholas [serial]. MONUMIiNT MARKING THE SIOT WHERE THE OAK blUOU THAISWERVED TVRRELs ARROW. Purkiss still live in the Forest, and it is said thatdown to a comparatively recent time one mightsee in their house the axletree of the very cartin which the Red Kings body was carried. In the year 1745 a monument was set up by anEnglish nobleman on the spot where, as said inthe inscription, he had himself seen growing theoak from which Tyrrels arrow made its fatal 170 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS [Dec, swerve. The stone having Ijecome defaced, asimilar pillar (shown in our picture) was placedthere in 1841, bearing the same inscription. But the New Forest to-day has more cheerfulassociations — in summer as one of the most de-lightful of English vacation-grounds, and inwinter as the place from which comes a greatpart of the holly that brightens lip the houses ofLondoners for Christmas. Both in density ofgrowth and in size and 1)eauty of individual THE OLU PARTNERSHIP OF HOLLY (THK BUSH (;R<)\VIN(;BEHIND THE TREE), OAK AND IVY. the Forest is a superb piece of woodland, and inmy walks through it I could see no reason toquestion, at least as regards some parts, the truthof the old saying that in the New Forest asquirrel might be hunted for six miles and notcome to the ground. Many of the oaks andbeeches are of enormous size; but what impressedme most of all among the trees were the general, the holly may be said to be somethingbetween a bush and a tree, but these hollies arequite phenomenal in size, actual forest trees, andgive one a new and respectful idea of what hollies at their best may be. The largest of them growin a grove near a spot known as Thorny Hill. Afew old ivied oaks are mixed among them, as ifto give an opportunity of seeing that fine oldEnglish partnership of oak, holly, and ivy stillflourishing in all its glory. I had no means ofmeasuring the size of the trees, but certainlymany of them must be full
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