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The Yew Trees Of Great Britain And Ireland
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Author : John Lowe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897
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The Yew Tree
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Author : Hal Hartzell
language : en
Publisher: Kalapuya Books
Release Date : 1991
The Yew Tree written by Hal Hartzell and has been published by Kalapuya Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Science categories.
The Yew Tree
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Author : Hal Hartzell
language : en
Publisher: Hulogosi Communications, Incorporated
Release Date : 1991
The Yew Tree written by Hal Hartzell and has been published by Hulogosi Communications, Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Nature categories.
The Yew Tree Collection
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Author : Rachel Friend
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2002-01-29
The Yew Tree Collection written by Rachel Friend and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-29 with Fiction categories.
This compilation contains four short novels-The Yew Tree Orphanage, Tilt Meadow, The Last Stop, and The Curse of Harwington Manor. The four authors combined their works into The Yew Tree Collection, creating a book with something for every reader.
Yew
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Author : Fred Hageneder
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2013-10-15
Yew written by Fred Hageneder and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-15 with Nature categories.
A comprehensive and richly illustrated history, Yew will appeal to botanists and other readers interested in the history and symbolism of the natural world, now in paperback. The yew is the oldest and most common tree in the world, but it is a plant of puzzling contradictions: it is a conifer with juicy scarlet berries, but no cones; deer can feast on its poisonous foliage, but it is lethal to farm animals, and it thrives where other plants cannot because of its extraordinarily low rate of photosynthesis. Exploring this paradoxical plant in Yew, Fred Hageneder surveys its position in religious and cultural history, its role in the creation of the British Empire, and its place in modern medicine. Hageneder explains the way the yew is able to renew itself from the inside by producing interior roots and how early humans, fascinated with its regenerative powers, began to associate the tree with concepts of life and death, the afterlife, and eternity. As such, it can be found at the sacred sites of Native Americans, Buddhists, and Shinto shrines in Japan, and it has become a living symbol of the resurrection for the Christian faith. He describes how churchyards saved many yews during the Middle Ages when the trees were used for the mass production of the longbow, which laid the foundation for the British Empire. Finally, he discusses the latest scientific discoveries about the yew, including its use in cancer treatments.
The Yew Trees Of Great Britain And Ireland
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Author : John Lowe
language : en
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Release Date : 2013-09
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XII Notes, historical, etc., on some of the more remarkable trees in Great Britain and Ireland. I Would like to preface the 'Notes' by calling attention to the serious extent of damage which many old trees suffer for want of proper protection. Children are allowed to climb over the branches, inflicting much injury. Sometimes one sees this obviated by a surrounding railing, but in far too many instances no protection is given. Hollow trees are now and again found filled with decayed leaves and rotten wood into which it occasionally happens that a match is thrown and the tree burned. In other instances the hollow is used for the storage of coals and for kindred purposes. Large branches are' often broken away for want of timely support. The 'National Trust Society, ' which has done such splendid work in preserving monuments of antiquity, would do well to cast a protecting glance over these veterans. The following notes relate to some previous measurements or historical record of the trees. They contain also a notice of several remarkable trees, the dimensions of which are not sufficiently great to be included in the foregoing list: -- Ankerwyke, near Staines, on the banks of the Thames, about three miles to the south of Colnbrook, has a yew of great size. Lysons1 says that the manor belonged to the priory of Ankerwyke, which was founded for Benedictine nuns in the reign of Henry n. The conventual buildings are described, in the report of the Commissioners in the time of Henry V111., as wholly ruinous. Soon after the dissolution, a mansion was built on the site either by Lord Windsor, to whom the estate had been granted, or by Sir Thomas Smith. Near the house is a large yew-tree, which, in 1806, at 6 feet from the ground, measured 30...
The Yew Tree At The Head Of The Strand
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Author : Brian Cosgrove
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2001-01-01
The Yew Tree At The Head Of The Strand written by Brian Cosgrove and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-01-01 with History categories.
From seaside summer holidays to vacations at an uncle's farm to everyday life in the town of Newry, this evocative and humorous memoir conjures a vivid picture of an ordinary—yet fascinating—Irish childhood in the 1940s and 1950s. Brian Cosgrove here describes a large, affectionate family dominated by the figures of his father, a hard-working pub owner, and his mother, an "ordinary/extraordinary" woman who died following a long battle with cancer when the author was nineteen. The world Cosgrove meticulously recreates is one of carefree adolescent adventure, of comic books, boys' adventure stories, and popular films. But—as he sees more clearly looking back—every aspect of the life Cosgrove describes is permeated by the influence of a Catholic—and frequently Irish Nationalist—ethos, and as he explores his childhood, the social and political issues of twentieth-century Irish history reveal themselves in unexpected ways. Lighthearted and serious in turn, The Yew Tree at the Head of the Strand brings to poignant life a world made beautiful and fascinating not by the false light of nostalgia, but through the sharply rendered details of everyday existence.
The Yew Tree S Shade
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Author : Cyril Hare
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1958
The Yew Tree S Shade written by Cyril Hare and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1958 with Detective and mystery stories categories.
The highly respected Mrs Pink is found dead, and an elderly lawyer investigates.
The Ancient Yew
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Author : Robert Bevan-Jones
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
The Ancient Yew written by Robert Bevan-Jones and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
The gnarled, immutable yew tree is one of the most evocative sights in the British and Irish landscape, an evergreen impression of immortality. For hundreds of years it has marked holy places for travelers. In this book Robert Bevan-Jones paints a many-sided portrait of this extraordinary tree and the role it has played in history and culture. He begins by examining the yew's fascinating, poisonous biology, the origins of its name, and its distribution. He reviews the various attempts to date ancient yew trees, and concludes that many of them are certainly over a thousand years old; some of the oldest specimens many even be linked to the cells of early Celtic saints. Ancient yews survive today most typically in churchyards. They are also associated with abbeys, sprints and pre-Reformation wells, and serve as ancient markers in the wider landscape at hillfort and castle sites. Yew has an important place in woodland history, and provides the formal gardens of many great houses with hedges and topiary. Yew trees feature frequently in folklore tales, especially from Ireland, and are often invested with dark or magical associations. The prehistoric archaeological record is also rich in yew finds. With photographs and etchings of famous old yews, and a gazetteer of the oldest and largest yew trees in Britain, The Ancient Yew is a cultural flora or a single species: a tree which provides a living botanical link between our own landscapes and those of the distant past. Second edition is revised and updated.
The Rose And The Yew Tree
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Author : Mary Westmacott
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
The Rose And The Yew Tree written by Mary Westmacott and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Man-woman relationships categories.