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recent years the only other occurrence that I am aware of is the
one recorded in The Field of 3rd June 1916, as having been seen
on 24th May of that year. William E. Glegg.
The Ancient Yew in Woodford Churchyard.—A
copy of Richard Warner's "Plantae Woodfordienses," 1771,
in the Club's Library (presented by Mr. T. Fisher Unwin in 1915),
includes an interleaved note opposite Warner's record of
Taxus baccata," "The Eugh or Yew Tree," (page 166), as under,
written in faded ink:—
This famous tree, which is still flourishing, is mentioned
by "A Gentleman," Dr. Hughson, Lyson, Mrs. Ogborne, Coller,
Christy, and other topographers of Essex, but the above record
is probably the oldest detailed account of the Woodford Yew,
and is worthy of preservation by reason of its careful and well-
attested nature.
To afford some data as to the rate of growth of this ancient
Yew, Miss G. Lister, F.L.S., and Mr. A. Bruce Jackson, A.L.S.,
at my request, carefully measured the tree on January 4th 1920,
with the following results:—