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that there was not a churchyard without one of them 

 planted in it. It was one of the Druidical trees, and 

 Lightfoot says that it has been observed to grow 



MOUNTAIN ASH. 



more frequently than any in the neighbourhood of 

 the ancient circles of stones so ofteti seen in North 

 Britain. 



Tha BERBERRY 1 is rather a hedge plant than a 



1 Berberis wdgaris. 

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