WESTERN YEW. 
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the ground. The Aukerwyke Yew, near Staines, is sup- 
posed to be upwards of 1000 years old. 
The leaves are poisonous to horned cattle and horses, 
though the berries are inoffensive. Cattle so affected run 
about in fury and delirium, and at length drop down dead. 
Three children, according to Dr. Percival of Manchester, 
were poisoned dead in a few hours by taking a small dose 
of the green-leaves, as a remedy for worms, but they 
appeared to have suffered no pain, and, after death looked 
as though they were in a placid sleep. The best antidotes 
to this poison are oily substances. 
Plate CVIII. 
A branch of the natural size, a . A twig bearing a berry. 
