Girth Measurements 49 



Table of Girth Measurements at level of the 



ground and at 3 feet. 



Puckington . . . Ground 13-0 feet, at 3 feet iro 

 Yattenden . . . ii'o 9*6 



Trentham . 33-6 17-6 



Stoke Gabriel . . 15-0 ,, 5-0 



Tisbury 31*0 - 30*6 



Brockenhurst . . 21*0 18*0 



Stowting ... 22-6 20-8 



*9' 6 17*5 



Northiarn ... 19*0 ,, 18-6 



Mamhilad . 30-9 29-10 



Goytre 32*4 22-0 



Iffley . 25-0 22-0 



Church Preen . . 40*5 ., 21-9 



Stoke Courcy . . 1-5-0 ,, io'6 



Portbury . 17-3 15-10 



Hambledon . . ,, 39-0 ,, 14-0 



Icklesham . . . ,,19-0 15-6 



Kyre Park . 30*0 24*0 



)5 3 6 ' 3 2 ' 



,, . ,, 30-0 ,, ,, 26*0 



Roseneath . . . ,, 15*0 ,, 11*2 



It is preferable, as a rule, to take measurements 

 at both these points. 



Passing on to the question of rate of growth in 

 yew-trees, we have two methods by which this can 

 be arrived at : 



1. By the measurement of trees of known age ; 



and 



2. By the measurement of increased girth at a 



fixed point and at stated periods. 

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