250 Yew-Trees of Great Britain and Irela7id 



Tandridge Yew, Surrey. — A splendid tree, but 

 inferior to its neighbour at Crowhurst in point 

 of age. Its main trunk is hollow, the interior 

 cavity on its longest diameter being about 5 feet. 

 Its girth at 4 feet is 21 feet (April 8th, 1890). Two 

 lateral trunks springing from the base, but slightly 

 united to the central one, are of great size, that on 

 the south being 10 feet in girth at 3 feet from the 

 ground, the other being 13 feet 4 inches at 5 feet. 

 These have probably grown after the main stem 

 had been fractured at some early period ; for 

 though they suggest the possibility of three trees 

 having grown together, this is not probable, as 

 they would have been of such widely different 

 ages. There is a magnificent head of foliage 

 extending over 80 feet in diameter. The entire 

 girth of the trunks at 2 feet from the ground 

 is 30 feet 4 inches. 



Tintern. — The trees are not remarkable for size, 

 but present some considerable points of interest, 

 not the least of which is their number. They 

 abound amongst the rocks on either side of the 

 valley, where they are protected from the depreda- 

 tions of cattle. The finest tree is in the church- 

 yard. This measures 1 7 feet 9 inches at the ground 

 level. About a mile from the village, on the way 

 to the WyndcUff, is a tree presenting a striking 

 instance of one way in which compound trees are 

 formed. It has a dead trunk, the diameter of which 



