78 Yew-Trees of Great Britain and Ireland 



this there may be two or three concentric rings of 

 wood. The inner one or two may also be dead. 

 Thus, the Darley Dale tree displays three inner 

 rings of dead wood, as does the Bredhurst tree, 

 and that at Dinder. 



An imaginary section of the Bredhurst yew 

 shows the formation of four distinct rings of 

 growth. Some trees in Norbury Park, a section 



SECTIONAL VIEW OF YEW-TREE IN BREDHURST 

 CHURCHYARD, KENT. 



of one of which is given, show how these rings 

 may have been formed by the coalescence of the 

 young stems produced around and after the death 

 of the main stem. One of the secondary stems 

 has also died ; and, after its disappearance by 

 decay, and after the union of the remaining stems, 



