Dr. Cecil Carus-Wilson described before the Linnean Society in London recently some sigular observations concerning the inclusion of stones in the roots and stems of trees.
Oaks growing in a gravel pit in Kent had so many stones imbedded in their roots that they resisted attempts to saw them. Some of the roots are described as consisting of "a conglomerate formed of flints inclosed in a woody matrix." In one specimen 67 fints were found, the largest weighing several pounds. In Norton churchyard, near Faversham, are three old yew-trees, in two of which flints and fragments of tiles have been seen at a height of seven feet above the ground. In Molash churchyard are other yew-trees which have flints imbedded in their trunks as much as eight feet above the ground. The tissues of the wood appear to have grown round the stones, which have been carried upward with the growth of the trees.
