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perplexing to any one visiting the Hallams' bury- 

 ing place at Clevedon, not to find any yew-tree 

 there. One did exist, however, about seventy 

 years ago. For the facts elicited concerning this 

 tree, vide Clevedon, v. fol. 



Matthew Arnold, in Requiescat, has these pathetic 

 lines : 



' Strew on her roses, roses, 



And never a spray of yew ! 

 In quiet she reposes ; 



And would that I did too.' 



YEW AT S. HAYLING. 

 From a photograph by Mr. SCORER, Havant. 



