The gentleman's magazine, and historical chronicle . 0,^;lJ(:.^;.(J^/.. J7t/6.] Oak Trees at Ampthill.—J. Green.—LleutenantWt^ton. 641 Mr, Urban, Ampthill, Feb. ^. IN the Earl of Upper OfTorys park, at Amptliill, Bedford/hire, are ibme of(Ic mcft venerable oak. trees, perhaps, in the kingdom. In the hurricane,on the 5th of November laft, the(e m jtftic vegetables fuiFered feverely, femebeiig entirely fplit and deftroyed, arid others torn and disfigured. As thelapfe of time ^nd future fl^orms will continue to impair them, it is defirable tohave them noticed and recorded in your
The gentleman's magazine, and historical chronicle . 0,^;lJ(:.^;.(J^/.. J7t/6.] Oak Trees at Ampthill.—J. Green.—LleutenantWt^ton. 641 Mr, Urban, Ampthill, Feb. ^. IN the Earl of Upper OfTorys park, at Amptliill, Bedford/hire, are ibme of(Ic mcft venerable oak. trees, perhaps, in the kingdom. In the hurricane,on the 5th of November laft, the(e m jtftic vegetables fuiFered feverely, femebeiig entirely fplit and deftroyed, arid others torn and disfigured. As thelapfe of time ^nd future fl^orms will continue to impair them, it is defirable tohave them noticed and recorded in your valuable ; for which pur-pofe T fend you the meafures and dimeofions of fix of thefe noble ft. 111. 24 lo At the height of nine feet from the ground. 36 o C ofe to the ground. 24 o At the height of five feet from the ground. At the height of 13 feet from the firft branch, meafured clofe to the trunk, which is 11 feetfrom the ground. 8 Of the fame branch» meafured 6 feet from the trunk. The diameters, from bough-end to bough-end, of
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