Notes — Leeds {Kent), Llanthewy Bach 227 



become, in a comparatively short time, similar to 

 the Fortingal tree. If it were broken away at the 

 top, and had young shoots springing up around, 

 it would appear as one tree with a circumference 

 exceeding that of Fortingal. 



Leeds. — In the churchyard of Leeds, Kent, is a 

 very old tree, now in its decadence, a mere shell of 

 the original trunk remaining. At the ground line 

 it measures 28 feet in circumference, and it swells 

 gradually upwards to 32 feet, at 3 feet 6, contract- 

 ing again to 25 feet at 5 feet (Feb. 26, 1892). 

 There is not very much of the top remaining ; it 

 must have diminished largely within the last sixty 

 years, as the following measurements given by 

 Loudon^ show: 'Greatest circumference 31*2; 

 at 7 feet high, 28*8 ; diameter of hollow in October 

 1833, when some gypsies had been residing in it, 

 8 feet 6 inches ; height to the lowest branch 7 feet 

 II inches; total height 32*4, and diameter of head 

 50 feet' 



The tree is a female, much infested with galls. 

 In the same enclosure are three other trees, all 

 males, none of which show any sign of galls. One 

 of these at the east side is a fine well-grown tree, 

 measuring 6 feet 5 inches in girth at 3 feet from 

 the ground. 



Llanthewy Bach. — The yew in the churchyard 

 of Llanthewy Bach, near Carleon,- ' measures 



' Arbontu?)!, etc., p. 2092. - Strutt, Sylva Brit., 1822. 



