The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 608
rpassing grandeur, and is evidently of great an-tiquity. {Id., p. 74.) Queries as above. Norfolk. The Winfarthing Old Oak. — In 1820, this tree measured, atthe extremity of the roots, 70 ft. in cu-cumference; in the middle of thetrunk, about 6 ft. from the ground, 40 ft. in circumference. Mr.… … following observations: — Of the age of this remarkable tree I regret to beunable to give any correct data. I remember, when a boy, hearing that it wascalled the Old Oak at the time of the Conquest ; but on what authority Inever could learn. Nevertheless, the thing is not impossible, if the…
