The Lancaster Farmer says:

"A friend has handed us a description of a mammoth water-pitch tree, which stands in front of the dwelling of Mr. Jacob Sener, near this city, which may be designated as the mammoth of the county. It is one hundred and ten years old, about one hundred and fifty feet high, and measures twenty-three-feet around the trunk. One of the lower limbs measures sixty-one feet in length, and five and a half feet in circumference. This tree was planted by Mr. Baer more than a century ago. He had been out riding on horseback, and used a twig as a riding whip; when he returned home he stuck it in the ground, and the present tree is the product. It looks as though it might live another century, and is a striking illustration of what great results may grow from apparent trifles."

This is copied in order to inquire, What is a water-pitch tree? especially as it is desirable to place the paragraph among the enormous number relating to. famous specimens which have been raised to magnificent trees after having been used as "riding whips."