Notes Windsor Forest, Yattenden 259 



Most of them are fifty or sixty years old. All 

 these have lost their leading shoots at an early 

 age. In many instances the splitting and twisting 

 of the upper branches show that much damage has 

 been done by heavy falls of snow. The ' buttress- 

 ing ' is in some cases very distinct, and can be 

 clearly traced to the loss of the leading shoot. 

 But an additional feature shown in these trees 

 makes them worthy of being recorded. Some of 

 them are infested with galls, to an extent which I 

 have seldom seen equalled ; several are affected to 

 such a degree as to be all but dead, whole branches 

 being destroyed. 



These present a remarkable appearance ; every 

 twig has a rosette at its extremity. Even on living 

 trees the dead twigs and their rosettes of three or 

 four years may still be seen on the tree. I do not 

 know for certain if it is generally the case that 

 female trees are more liable to the attacks of 

 Cecidomya, but it is the case here ; nor do I know 

 whether the clouds of pollen on the male plants 

 deter the insect from depositing its ova on them, 

 but it seems not unlikely that this is so. 



Yattenden. In the churchyard near Newbury, 

 Berks (November i4th, 1888), is a yew-tree about 

 30 feet high, measuring 9^ feet in girth at 3 feet 

 from the ground. The ground is free from shoots 

 to 7 or 8 feet. The branches are large and well- 

 grown ; none were broken away until the spring of 



