_The Cadenham Oak._--Can any of the correspondents of "N. & Q." inform me
if this famous old tree is still alive? It flourished for nearly three
centuries in Hampshire Forest; and during this long period was visited by
crowds of people, who, it must be confessed, entertained towards it a
religious veneration--from its peculiarity of annually shooting forth its
buds on old Christmas-day. If dead, as I suppose--for the account which I
read some years ago stated that it was fast decaying--then I would like to
know if the young tree, one of its progeny, is still flourishing in the
forest, and enjoying, from its peculiarity, the same veneration {181} which
was paid to the parent stock. Those of your readers who wish to know more
of this venerable oak, and of the trees which sprung from it, are referred
to Mr. Gilpin's able and interesting work on forest scenery, published, as
I believe, in London between sixty and seventy years ago.