Picton : the scenic town of Canada : the angler's paradise home . off, but for a time a portion rotted away just above theroots and here touch-weed formed. About fifteen ortwenty years ago, or possibly more, there was a greatcavity in its trunk, in which a man might easily havestood upright. But as years went by this hole graduallygrew smaller and smaller until to-day no trace of thecavity is to be found about its rugged trunk. Frequent-ly have I made vagued guesses as to the size of the trunkand at last I determined to satisfy my inquisitive naturein this respect by obtaining a tape-line and
Picton : the scenic town of Canada : the angler's paradise home . off, but for a time a portion rotted away just above theroots and here touch-weed formed. About fifteen ortwenty years ago, or possibly more, there was a greatcavity in its trunk, in which a man might easily havestood upright. But as years went by this hole graduallygrew smaller and smaller until to-day no trace of thecavity is to be found about its rugged trunk. Frequent-ly have I made vagued guesses as to the size of the trunkand at last I determined to satisfy my inquisitive naturein this respect by obtaining a tape-line and measuring itpersonally. The result was most pleasing and, althougha great traveller, I am satisfied it is one of the largest treesI have ever seen either in Canada or any other portion ofthe North American continent. Few, indeed, are the treeswhose girth measures anywhere in the neighborhood oftwenty or twenty-five feet, but rarely if ever has onebeen found to go thirty feet, as the monarch of Picton COL. T. BOG. Again, about eight miles distant from the town, on theroad leading to the sand banks and standing almost dir-ectly in the centre of the thoroughfare, another exampleof Natures forestry is to be found. This treeis of thehard maple species and is known a? the Wishing its spreading branches the innocent country lasses Picton Old Boys Souvenir Edition. 11
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