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must have required several centuries to reach its 

 present size.' 



' About thirty years ago the yew bitrst one side 

 of the oak. It is now blown entirely away in this 

 hurricane, with 2468 trees in Ribbesford, Bewdley, 

 and Dowles ' (July 6th, 1845). 



Roseneath. — ' Between the parish church of Rose- 

 neath and the Clachan House — an old dower- 

 house of the Argyll family — there is an avenue of 

 magnificent yew-trees ; twenty-one are still stand- 

 ing- ; there have apparently been twenty-four. The 

 largest is 1 2 feet in circumference about 4 or 5 feet 

 from the ground below where the branches spring. 

 The remains of a larger one are visible, which fell 

 some years ago, and which was cut across to 

 ascertain the as^e. The aoe thus estimated was 

 240 years. The largest, where " it comes out of 

 the ground, has many sustaining bulwarks ; the 

 girth, measured by string outside these is 17 feet. 

 About a foot from the Sfround it is 12 feet. The 

 bole of all the trees is more or less fluted. ..." 

 Of all the endless crops of yew berries that ripen 

 year after year and fall, none seem to spring again.' 



The roots are much exposed, and thus the 

 measurement at the grround level would far exceed 

 that of the tree at a somewhat higher point. 



Sanderstead, Croydon. — In the churchyard are 

 three yew-trees, one of them of considerable size, 

 measuring 40 feet in height, the girth at the 



