. Essex naturalist: being the journal of the Essex Field Club. ^^^^-^5^3-r^:-, Fig. 21.—King Stephen s Oak, Rivenhall. of the trunk being only sixteen feet, it is a noteworthy tree, fornothing remains of the trunk but a mere shell, apparently a fewinches thick, and this so much broken away that it can be seenthrough. Nevertheless, the tree comes out into full leaf every Oak.—At the Lower Lodge at Stisted Hall there is a A THE OAK TREE IN ESSEX. 109 very fine tree, probably destined in future years to become one ofthe remarkable oaks of the county. Its boughs stretch ninety-nine fe
. Essex naturalist: being the journal of the Essex Field Club. ^^^^-^5^3-r^:-, Fig. 21.—King Stephen s Oak, Rivenhall. of the trunk being only sixteen feet, it is a noteworthy tree, fornothing remains of the trunk but a mere shell, apparently a fewinches thick, and this so much broken away that it can be seenthrough. Nevertheless, the tree comes out into full leaf every Oak.—At the Lower Lodge at Stisted Hall there is a A THE OAK TREE IN ESSEX. 109 very fine tree, probably destined in future years to become one ofthe remarkable oaks of the county. Its boughs stretch ninety-nine feet, and its trunk measures sixteen feet six inches, at five feetfrom the ground. Should any of my readers wish to visit this oak,let me recommend them to go in the spring of the year. StistedPark and parish abounds in crimson and white-flowered thorns, andanything more bright and beautiful than this spot when the bushesare blossoming, I cannot Ill.,. 22. -Wi )iiL)iiA.\i Moi: riMicK Oai-;. ]]/oodha)n Mortimer Oak.—At Woodham Mortimer there is agrand oak tree with a trunk twenty-four feet in circumference.
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