22O Yew- Trees of Great Britain and Ireland 



I am informed by the Rev. J. M. Sandham that 

 this tree was destroyed by a storm about 1840. 



In Harlington Churchyard, Middlesex, between 

 Brentford and Hounslow, is a fine yew. 1 'Chiefly 

 remarkable for its large size, and for having once 

 been clipped into the regular form shown in Fig. 



1986.' 'This en- 

 graving is copied 

 from a print of 

 the tree as it ap- 

 peared in Novem- 

 ber 1729; and the 

 print is accom- 

 panied by a copy 

 of verses by "Poet 

 John Saxy," clerk 

 of the church, 

 from which it 

 appears that it 

 must at that time 

 have been be- 

 tween 50 and 60 

 feet high. The 

 tree ceased to be clipped about 1780 or 1790 ; and 

 it is now suffered to assume its natural shape.' 

 Lord Malmesbury says: 'At Harlington, in the 

 churchyard, stands, I believe, the largest yew-tree 

 in England. I never saw one so enormous, ex- 



1 Loudon, Arboretum^ vol. viii. 



HARLINGTON YEW, 1729. 

 After LOUDON. 



