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Another tree in the same churchyard is stated 

 in the Register to have been planted in 1 840. 



It is therefore now (Oct. 19, 1894) fifty-four years 

 old. It is * 1 6 feet 9 inches high; the branches 

 begin about 2 feet 2 inches from the ground, where 



YEW AT BOUGHTON-UNDER-BLEAN. 

 From a Photograph by W. SCALCHARD, Esq. 



the girth is 3 feet 10 inches; they spread to a 

 distance of 12 feet to 12 feet 6 inches from the 

 trunk.' 



This is even a more remarkable rate of growth 

 than the other, as it shows an increase of diameter 

 equal to rather more than 15 inches in the fifty- 



