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slender pillar in the centre, and a larger mass attached 

 to the shell on one side. Nine-tenths of the circumference 

 was a mere shell, a few inches thick, of which only two- 

 thirds touched the ground ; and it was evident that a little 

 further decay would produce a ground plan very like that 

 of the Fortingall remains (see Plate XII., Trans. Bot. See. 

 Edin., vol. xiii.), and quite as difficult to reconcile with 

 the supposition of original unity of the detached fragments. 

 Yews in Portbuky Churchyard, near Bristol. — These 

 are two fine examples of the rare variety, with tall stems, 

 which at a distance resemble the Scots fir. About twenty 

 years ago I found the one to be 15 and the other 17 feet 

 in girth at 5 feet up. 



Eates — Trees of knoavn Age. 

 (a) West Felton, Shropshire. 



{h) Dalkeith, Midlothian, at 5 feet up. 



1891 1 loO ' 116 0-77 Mr. Malcolm Dunn. 



(c) Average of eighteen yews at Gresford Churchyard, 

 Wrexham, 120 years old (Parish Ptecords, Bowman) ; girth, 

 5 feet 3 inches; rate, 0*52. 



(d) Two yews, Edin. Bot. Garden (Dr. Christison). 



