Show great new bergland there is an enormous willow tree on the estate of the late thomas chomas groom humphrey street dorchester mass probably it ja id tho tha largest wll wil low in the commonwealth and ail bior haps hipps in all now new england more moio than n breast high from the ground or to be ba exact five feet its girth la Is as 28 feet 2 inches and its tallest twig is about to 70 feet from the ground it Is a great shadow shado inacker on sun ny n days having a lirt branch nell spread of jeet feet and its limbs all of which have been broken by years and the storms cf f years are arc greater in hollarn eter th than 11 I 1 many old trees nobody knows tie age ot of this ancient willow seventy five years sears ago when mr groom acquired acquit cd the place this huge tree was one of 0 the neighborhood at ti actions and was mentioned as the big willow |