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  • The beautiful nest of a field-mouse has been found in a cypress's thick foliage, and dead shrews bestrew the paths; though the magic effects of having a "sherry mouse" die in one's hand, and thus being enabled to stroke cattle and cure them, have never been experienced.

    John Keble's Parishes Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • The Leyland cypress's roots can be traced to Leighton Hall, an estate in Wales owned by the tree's namesake: Liverpool banker Christopher Leyland.

    The Charleston Gazette - 2009

  • The Leyland cypress's roots can be traced to Leighton Hall, an estate in Wales owned by the tree's namesake: Liverpool banker Christopher Leyland.

    The Charleston Gazette - 2009

  • The Leyland cypress's roots can be traced to Leighton Hall, an estate in Wales owned by the tree's namesake: Liverpool banker Christopher Leyland.

    The Charleston Gazette - 2009

  • The Leyland cypress's roots can be traced to Leighton Hall, an estate in Wales owned by the tree's namesake: Liverpool banker Christopher Leyland.

    The Charleston Gazette - 2009

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