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9 feet in girth. All these show signs of having 

 suffered severely by last winter's frost, the leaves 

 being shrivelled and brown. 



Shorne. i. A tree growing (1889) in a planta- 

 tion, in the grounds of Isaac Winch, Esq., Court 

 Lodge, Shorne, near Gravesend, is a good example 

 of the effects which are produced by fracture of the 

 main stem. The central trunk, which is a foot in 

 diameter, has been broken off at seven feet from 

 the ground, and is wholly dead. 



A vigorous growth of young wood surrounds it 

 to the height of 4 feet, where the swell of the 

 branches begins to overlap parts of the old trunk. 

 The branches are of good size, measuring from 

 6 to 8 inches in diameter. The whole trunk is 

 9 feet in girth. The dead stem might be about 

 seventy-five years old when it died, and the new 

 growth would be produced in about the same time. 

 Thus, the 3 feet of diameter, instead of being 

 225 years old, would be only 150. 



2. In Shorne Churchyard are two yews of good 

 size, each in its way well illustrating the effects of 

 pollarding. The first, on the east side of the 

 churchyard, is 12 feet in girth at 2 feet from the 

 ground, and has the original trunk still standing, 

 though long since dead. At seven feet from the 

 ground it bifurcates, the two stems reaching a 

 height of nearly 20 feet. These show very clearly 

 that their tops were broken comparatively early, 



