Notes — Inch Lonaig, Kyre Park 225 



' Another tree had a trunk which was about 

 9 feet girth at 9 inches from the ground. Its 

 annual rings are irregular, in consequence of there 

 being two subsidiary sets beside the main disc, each 

 having its own central point.' I have little doubt 

 this is a very frequent occurrence in yew-trees, and 

 that it is apt to lead to confusion in estimating 

 their age. 



Loudon ^ says that there has been for many years 

 a herd of deer in the island, which has prevented 

 young trees rising from seed. Many of those 

 which have begun to decay have sent up shoots 

 from their roots close to the old trunk. After a 

 time, many of those shoots coalesce and form at 

 last a complete new trunk, at the side of which the 

 old one continues to decay. In this way the tree 

 comes to be regenerated from the root. 



Dr. Johnson, in his Journey to the Western 

 Islands, writes: 'Theheavinessof the rain shortened 

 our voyage, but we landed on an island planted (?) 

 with yew and stocked with deer.' 



Kyre Park, Worcestershire. — In the grounds of 

 E. J. Baldwyn-Childe, Esq., are two remarkably 

 fine yews, the measurements of which have been 

 kindly sent to me by Mrs. Baldwyn-Childe. 



' In the shrubbery stands a very old tree, split 

 in two parts ; the portion on the lowest ground has 

 fallen partly over, and so slipped away from tht 



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