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drooping at the points. Var. glauca, sometimes called Blue John^ 

 is a very striking variety of free vigorous growth, and of a more 

 spreading habit than the species, but differing more particularly in the 

 colour of the leaves, which are deep green on the upper surface, but 

 on the under of a peculiar bluish-grey, while the bark on the young 

 shoots is of a rusty brown ; it is a very desirable and interesting plant. 

 Yar. fructo-lutea differs from the species in no other respect than 

 that its berries are of a bright golden-yellow. Var. aurea, the Golden 

 Yew, is one of the most beautiful of variegations, presenting a bril- 

 liancy of colour w^hich is unsurpassed among variegated Conifers, and 

 which is invaluable as a contrast in mixed groups ; this sort is some- 

 times grafted on the top of both the Common and the Irish Yews, in 

 each case with grand results. Yar. elegantlssima : this is another 

 variegation, rather straw-coloured than golden, very distinct from the 

 last, and equally valuable whether on its own roots or grafted on the 

 English or Irish sorts. Yar. ericoides : this variety differs only from 

 the species in its being much more slender in all its parts ; it is an 

 interesting tiny shrub, and suitable for small beds or front row^s of 

 the more robust-growing shrubs. Yar. erecta : this is a neat, close- 

 growing, conical-shaped shrub, densely clothed with smaller leaves 

 than the species, and forming an attractive lawn plant ; a pretty varie- 

 gation of this variety is in cultivation, with blotches of gold intermixed 

 among the green leaves, and has been named erecta aurea variegata. 

 Yar. nana, or Foxii, is a very dwarf variety, rarely rising above 2 feet 

 from the ground, the branches slender and spreading, interesting for 

 planting on and around rockeries, or on the margins of small beds. 



T. adpressa {the Flattened or Greeinng Yew), by some authors 

 believed to be only a variety of baccata, is a native of mountains in 

 Japan, from whence it was sent home to this country a few years ago. 

 In its native habitats it is rarely found higher than about 7 or 8 

 feet, forming a spreading, flat -headed shrub, with numerous branches, 

 densely furnished with short branchlets, thickly clothed with short, flat, 

 dark-green leaves. On its own roots in this country it presents very 

 much the appearance thus described, and is only really useful for 

 rockeries or small beds, in which situations it is very distinct and 

 interesting. Grafted, however, as it now very often is, on stems of the 

 English or Irish sorts, it is one of the prettiest of weeping shrubs, 

 and ought to be extensively planted in choice collections. Of this 

 species a variety named A. stricta deserves attention, having a more 

 vigorous habit, more upright, and can be trained to a single stem with 

 greater facility, forming a neat dwarf front-row shrub. 



T. Canadensis {the Canadian Yeiv). — Like the preceding species, this 

 is believed by some botantists to be only a variety of baccata. It is 



