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Art. CCLl. — Note on Yew Trees. By W. Wilson, Esq. 





Yew-tree in Bowden Church-yard, Cheshire. 



An account of a tree within a tree has lately appeared in the news- 

 papers ; and it is worthy of remark that there is a curious old yew- 

 tree in Bowden church-yard, Cheshire, which presents an analogous 

 appearance. The rude sketch now sent was taken on the spot. The 

 tree is about 5 feet in diameter in the thinnest part of the trunk, hol- 

 low and decayed on the east side. Within the hollow, about 6 feet 

 from the ground, a thick, forked, root-like stem, apparently connected 

 with one of the principal branches, has at some distant period, but 

 subsequent to the decay of the trunk, commenced its downward 

 growth, and is now of considerable thickness. It is covered with its 

 own cortical layers. Behind this there is a smaller separate root, 

 about an inch in diameter, proceeding in a slanting direction from the 

 right to the left. 



