The yew belongs to which genus of tree?
Yew tree cottage Yew tree cottage Situated under the ramparts of Dolforwyn Castle, near Abermule in the Welsh county of Powys in the United Kingdom, Yew tree cottage is a part 17th century timber-framed structure which once belonged to the celebrated antiquarian John Davies Knatchbull Lloyd. It is home to the 'Dolforwyn yew' ("taxus baccata"), listed among the 850 most significant yews of England and Wales. The Dolforwyn yew has a girth of more than making it, according to dating graphs, more than a thousand years old, and much older than the castle above. The Dolforwyn yew is female and has small white
The Yew Tree Ball her death in 1764. The Yew Tree Ball The Yew Tree Ball (Fr: "Le bal des if") was a masked ball held in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles on the night of 25–26 February 1745. Fifteen thousand people attended. King Louis XV and several of his gentlemen courtiers appeared dressed as topiary yew trees. The ball is notorious for being the venue in which the king made contact with Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson. He had first seen her while hunting at Senart. On 14 September 1745, Poisson was officially presented to the Court as the Marquise de Pompadour. She became the