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the gfdup girths, at three feet from the ground, 16 feet. In 1652, 

 this tree measured 10 feet 6 inches in circumference about the same 

 point ; thus giving it in tliirty-six years an inci'ease of no less than 

 f) feet 6 inches, or about 2 inches per annum. The group of 

 fifteen trees are arranged in the various positions, as shown on the 

 accompanying plan, kindly fiirnislied by ]\Ir Gordon of Ellon, along 

 with the memoranda of dimensions of the trees. 



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The trees are numbered in accordance with the list in our 

 Appendix, so that at any future time there may be no difficulty in 

 identifying each individual tree, and noting the progress of its 

 giowtli. 



Two of the best upright growing yew trees in the iiurtli 

 exist in the muiise garden of Ar)>uthiiott, Kincardineshire, in the 

 valley of the river Bervie, about three miles from the sea, and 

 100 feet above its level. They are male and female. Pinkerton 

 the traveller, who saw thoin about the beginning of the century, 



