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North Wales ; and at Painswick. These last, 

 which number ninety-nine, are cropped. 



In Brenchley Churchyard, Kent, there is an 

 avenue of ten beautiful trees, which are kept care- 

 fully trimmed. There is also an avenue of yews 

 at Candover, near Alresford, extending for nearly 

 half a mile ; the trees are planted along the road 

 through Lord Ashburton's property, about 50 on 

 either side ; they are from 20 to 30 feet high ; a 

 good deal broken. They vary from 8 to 12 feet 

 in girth, the latter having much young spray 

 around the trunk. There is no record of the 

 date when they were planted. 



'The yew-trees of Overton-on-Dee, near Elles- 

 mere, twenty-two in number, are many of them 

 10 feet in circumference, whilst one is close on 

 1 6 feet' 



At Aberglasney, Carnarvon, there is a remark- 

 able avenue on the property of Lloyd Phillips, Esq. 

 The branches on one side of a row of trees have 

 been trained over and the ends planted so as to 

 form a close alley. It probably dates from Jacobaean 

 times. 1 



A striking example of good effects produced by 

 the mixture of yews and forest trees is seen in the 

 Clieveden Woods above Maidenhead, where there 

 are some lovely combinations and contrasts of 

 colour produced by groups of yew-trees, mixed 



1 Gardener's Chronicle, December 26, 1892. 



