The 18-acre grounds of this country hang-out for urbanites include a lake, woodland planting and fine specimen trees.

The mansion was a fine specimen of 17th-century architecture.

Scientists had identified fine specimens of ash trees in the countryside and collected their seed to raise good offspring.

Gone are the days when a trip to the supermarket would yield two dozen fine specimens; most movers now end up buying a small forest's worth of corrugated cardboard.

There are many fine specimens of silverware dating from the 17th century there.