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Show IMMENSE WHITE OA06 Beautiful Specimen In Maxatawny Township, Pa-JIpr Dr. U. S. Q. Dlcbcr iBjh&'Mr of tho largest whito onk trej3la?PcDnfyl-vnnln. trej3la?PcDnfyl-vnnln. This beautiful specimen of a treo stands almost in tho center of n lnrgo field in Maxatnwny twnhlp. about one mllo and n in from Kurztown. Tho clrcunifcrenco of this giant at tho level of tho ground la 31 feet; cir cumferenco 4 feet from ground, 19 fee' 10 inches; circumference C feet from ground, 18 fceL A Inches; greatest spread of brnnchos and trunk), 104 feet; height of treo (estimated), 73 feet 8 Inches. Its Binall height as com pared with Its great spread of branch cs might Indicate that it always has been a field treo niul that It either stood in tin opening heforq the whites took possession of the soli or that It started slnco tho civilized settlers cleared tho ground Though the trunk is hollow nnd there Is an opening Into it on tho northern sltlo near the ground thero appears to, be no 'reason why this giant oak might not, with propor care, last for centuries. Considering tho vast spread of Its branches thero Is no other Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania tree npproachlng it In slzo which Is at once so symmotrlcal nnd so beautiful. |