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T. BACCATA Continued 

 Large Trees 



NUMEROUS records have been made 

 of famous old trees. Loudon calls 

 attention to the principal ones in his 

 Arboretum et Fruticetum Britanni- 

 cum\ in 1897 a book by the late John Lowe, 

 M.D., on the Yew-trees of Great Britain and 

 Ireland was published, whilst, in The Trees of 

 Great Britain and Ireland, by Mr Elwes and 

 Dr A. Henry, numerous other instances of famous 

 trees are recorded. Mr Elwes describes the 

 Yews in the Close Walk at Midhurst as probably 

 the most remarkable Yew-grove in Britain or 

 elsewhere, and gives a reference of Queen 

 Elizabeth having been entertained to a banquet 

 beneath these Yews. The trees are said to be 

 from 75 to 80 feet high. At Downton, Wilts, 

 there is stated to be a wood of large Yews 

 80 acres in extent belonging to the Earl of 

 Radnor, called " The Great Yews." 



The large Yew-tree in the churchyard at 

 Darley Dale is one of our most famous trees. 



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