240 Yew- Trees of Great Britain and Ireland 



one yew (evidently that I have given at No. n) 

 upwards of 22 feet in circumference, that has had 

 seven huge limbs, two of which have been cut 

 off; the other five are in girth as follows: ist, 

 6 feet 5 inches; 2nd, 8 feet 10 inches; 3rd, 8 feet 

 6 inches ; 4th, 3 feet 6 inches ; and 5th, 7 feet 

 6 inches.' 



Ormiston Hall. 'One of the most beautiful 

 trees in Scotland. 1 It throws out its vast limbs 

 horizontally in all directions, supporting a large 

 and luxuriant head, which now (1834) covers an 

 area of ground 58 feet in diameter, with a most 

 impenetrable shade. Above the roots it measures 

 12 feet 9 inches in girth; at 3 feet up 13 feet 6 

 inches; at 4 feet up it measures 14 feet 9 inches; 

 and at 5 feet up it measures 17 feet 8 inches.' 



Mr. Hutchison's 2 measurements in 1890 give, 

 at the ground 13*10 inches, an increase of girth 

 of 1 3 inches in fifty-six years ; at 3 feet, 1 5 feet 8 

 inches, an increase of 2*6; and at 3 feet, 19 feet 

 8 inches, an increase of 4 feet 1 1 inches. 



The latter, giving a growth of diameter of over 

 19 inches in fifty-six years, is far in excess of that 

 of young trees. 



Professor Balfour measured it in 1879 forty- 

 five years after the first measurement. It then 

 gave 13*4 at the ground; 15 feet at 3 feet; 16 

 feet 10 inches at 4 feet ; 19 feet 8 inches, at 5 



1 Op. cit. 2 Op. cit. 



