Tamis.] coniferjE. 473 



and there but very sparingly and of somewhat stunted growth. The Yew is one 

 of the very few natural ornaments of our South downs, over the bare sides and 

 summits of which it is scattered abundantly as single trees, frequently of great 

 size and evident antiquity, sometimes in groups, more rarely forming groves in 

 the bottoms or valleys between these rounded hilis, or in the steep woods which 

 clothe their sheltered slopes.* 



* One of the most remarkable of these Yew groves is that at Kingley Bottom, 

 near Chichester, much resorted to in summer by the inhabitants of that city. 



Juniperis communis, L. — I found, March 20th, 1845, a solitary dwarf bush of 

 the common Juniper on the slope of the down above Nunwell, where it, as well 

 as the Yew it accompanies, may possibly be native, but till detected in greater 

 abundance I do not feel justified in introducing it amongst our indigenous 

 vegetahles on the strength of a single specimen. 



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