130 Gilpin's forest scbnert. 



Gilpin's ' Vicar's Hill,' informs us that the yew referred 

 to by Gilpin as being 'of peculiar beauty/ and as grow- 

 ing between Roydon Farm and Boldre Church, is still ' in 

 a flourishing condition/ and ' stands isolated as before.' 

 It is situated, he tells us, 'about one hundred yards 

 beyond the mill on the church side.' — Ed. 



The Ilex, or Evergreen Oak, presents a cliaracter 

 very different from that of the Yew. The Yew is 

 a close-bodied, compact tree. The Ilex is gene- 

 rally thin and straggling, though we sometimes 

 see it, in soils which it likes, form a thicker foliage. 

 Both the Yew and the Ilex are beautiful, but in dif- 

 ferent ways. As an individual, the Yew is greatly 

 superior. It is an object to admire. The beauty of 

 the Ilex arises chiefly from situation and contrast. 



Under this head may be classed another Oak, 

 nearly an evergreen, a late production of singular 

 origin, called the Luccomb Oak, from the person 

 who raised it. It was produced from an acorn of 

 the common Turkey Oak — from which all the 

 Luccomb Oaks have been grafted — as I understand 

 the seed of accidental varieties never produce the 

 same plant. I have heard much of the beauty of 

 this tree, and of the acquisition it will be to 



