Girth MeasiLvements 



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Table of Girth Meas2Lrei)ients at level of the 



gr 02111 d and at 3 feet. 



Puckington . . . Ground i3'o feet, at 3 feet ii'o 



Yattenden . 



Trentham . 



Stoke Gabriel 



Tisbury 



Brockenhurst 



Stowting 



Northiam 

 Mamhilad . 

 Goj'tre 

 Iffley . 



Church Preen 

 Stoke Courcy 

 Portbury 

 Hambledon 

 Icklesham 

 Kyre Park 



Roseneath 



It is preferable, as a rule, to take measurements 

 at both these points. 



Passing on to the question of rate of growth in 

 yew-trees, we have two methods by which this can 

 be arrived at : — 



1. By the measurement of trees of known age ; 



and 



2. By the measurement of increased girth at a 



fixed point and at stated periods. 



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