192 Yew- Trees of Great Britain and Ireland 



as I have seen in the neighbourhood of T intern and 

 elsewhere. 



The Sutton, mentioned by Evelyn as being near 

 Winchester, has no existing yew-tree. There is a 

 large tree at Long Sutton, near Winchfield, but 

 this could scarcely be the one spoken of as 'just 

 such another' as that at Braburne. In 1889 it 

 measured 26 feet 7 inches in girth, and the height 

 of the trunk to the lowest branch was 3 feet. 



Bredhurst. The tree in Bredhurst Churchyard, 

 near Chatham, is very remarkable. It is a fine 

 pollard, in which I first noticed the features which 

 gave rise to the present inquiry. 



The girth at 4 feet from the ground is 21 feet 

 6 inches, and at 15 feet the girth is 15 feet. The 

 original trunk is dead, but fairly sound, and can be 

 seen through openings in the surrounding layers of 

 newer growth. The diameter of the central trunk 

 is 2 feet. The surrounding ring has a radius of 

 i foot ; the wood is quite distinct from the central 

 shaft, and differs in colour. It, too, is dead. Some 

 of the branches which still remain attached have a 

 diameter of 10 inches. The third circle of wood, 

 which for the most part is living, has together with 

 a commencing fourth ring a radius of 18 inches. 



This fourth ring is covered with young spray, 

 some of the shoots having grown to 4 or 5 feet in 

 length, and begun to coalesce at the bases, which 

 are much swollen, but most of the shoots die off 



