100 THE OAK TREE IN ESSEX.
Fig. 7.—Finest Oak at Danbury.
There is a tree in front of Danbury Palace with a bole thirty-one
feet in circumference, another with bole twenty-seven feet ; and
behind the Palace, in a fence, there are four large trees having trunks
Fig. 8.—Oak Tree at Danbury Palace.
twenty-three to twenty-seven feet in circumference. There are also
many other fine examples in the Park, which is so well worthy of
a visit from lovers of trees.
Several Bishops of the Diocese of Rochester and St. Albans have
taken a pride in these trees. Bishop Claughton took a special
delight in showing them to his friends, who must have sometimes
felt a certain fitness in having these ancient forest giants shown to
them by so venerable an old gentleman.