Notes G res ford 2 1 7 



depicts them as existing in the palmy days of 

 Sheba and Memphis, but being still in their 

 prime ( ! ) when the monks began to build Foun- 

 tain's Abbey. 



In Gresford Churchyard, near Wrexham, Den- 

 bighshire, there is a fine yew, which was measured 

 in 1836 by Mr. J. E. Bowman, 1 and subsequently 

 in 1878 for Sir Robert Christison, with the follow- 

 ing result : 



1836. 1878. Difference. 



Inches. Inches. Inches. 



Girth at the ground . 264 268*25 4*25 



Girth at 2 feet . . 276 297-00 21*00 



Girth at 4 feet . . 318 338*25 20-25 



Girth at 5 feet 4 inches . 348 365*00 17*00 



The three last measurements give an average 

 of 6 '8 inches diameter in forty-one years. 



Daniel, 2 writing in 1813, gives the girth of this 

 tree as 270 inches, and at 5 feet from the ground 

 as 9 yards 9 inches. 



The tree is a male; its height in 1836 was 

 52 feet. 



Five borings, made by Mr. Bowman, to the 

 depth of 3 inches, indicated for each inch thirty-six, 

 forty-four, forty-five, and fifty years. (According 

 to this estimate a foot of radius from the outside 

 would require a period varying from 2 1 6 to three 

 hundred years to produce one foot of diameter, 

 instead of about seventy-five years.) But the 



1 Jour, Eng. Bot., 1836. 2 Rural Sports, Suppl. p. 301. 



