Sunday, April 21, 2019
More Tree Huggers
Robert Bloomfield (1766-1823), Remains, Vol. II (London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1824), p. 81:
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The great Oak in Euston Park.—Myself, my wife, and my daughter Hannah, (then nine years and a half old), embraced his rough rind at arm's-length, touching our fingers; and could thus encompass it all but about half a yard. By observation afterwards, I found the girth of this tree to be fifteen feet, in May, 1801.Related post: Tree Huggers.
