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in outward form, the leaves are, however, broader and shorter, 

 and the bark of the young shoots reddish. 



8. T. b. nidpathensis, the Nidpath Yew, resembles ches- 

 huntensis in the leaf, branch, and colour of the foliage, but is of 

 stiflFer growth, being columnar rather than pyramidal in habit, 

 with a disposition to spread at the top. 



9. T. b. stricta is similar to the preceding, but with smaller 

 and paler green leaves ; it is almost as erect as the Irish Yew, and 

 forms a compact dense tree. This is a seedling from the Irish 

 Y'ew, raised from the same batch as chesJmntensis. 



10. T. b. nana is a neat plant of dwarf habit, and compact up- 

 right growth ; the leaves of a dark and more glossy green than the 

 common Yew. It appears equally suitable for a single tree on 

 the lawn, for planting in masses, for the shrubbery, or for a dwarf 

 hedge in a geometrical garden. This also is one of my seed- 

 lings raised from the Irish Yew. 



11. T. b. erecta is similar to the preceding, but of larger 

 growth, although with smaller leaves. 



12. T. b. erecta Crowderi, the variety recently brought under 

 notice by Mr. Ceowder, of Horncastle, is of compact pyramidal 

 growth, and approaches more nearly to erecta than to any 

 other, but has smaller branches, and will probably not grow to so 

 large a size. It appears of more regular growth than erecta, 

 and may perhaps be considered an improved variety of it. 



13. T. b. ericoides (empetrifoUa) is an interesting and neat 

 little plant of dwarf growth, closely set with branches ; the leaves 

 are small, the bark reddish. 



Group 3. — Varieties of weeping habit. 



14. T. b. Dovastonii is a weeping variety, somewhat pic- 

 turesque, the branches shooting horizontally to some distance 

 from the main stem, and drooping at their points. The foliage 

 is ample, of a dull dark green. 



15. T. b. Jacksonii is a distinct and elegant weeping variety, 

 with small light green leaves somewhat curled. 



16. T. b. recnrvata is a handsome variety, with leaves of a 

 pale dull green. The habit is diffuse, rather drooping, the 

 leaves curled in the way of Picea nobilis. 



Group 4. — Varieties \ 

 T. b. variegata, the Gol 



