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salesman, who was presumably ignorant of the 

 value of the plants. This enabled the Chelsea 

 firm to propagate the plant, and, if I remember 

 rightly, the specific name adpressa was given to it 

 by Knight & Perry, but my father always adhered 

 to the name he had originally given it — brevifolia." 

 In order to avoid confusion, I have retained the 

 name by which this distinct variety is commonly 

 known. This variety has attained to large dimen- 

 sions in the grounds at Walmer Castle, Kent, the 

 largest specimen covering an area of 24 feet in 

 diameter, the height being 15 feet. 



T. BACCATA ADPRESSA STRicTA differs from the 

 preceding only in being of partially erect growth. 



T. BACCATA ADPRESSA VARiEGATA is a valuable 

 variety, in which many of the branch-tips are of a 

 silvery golden tint. 



T. BACCATA AUREA is One of the most striking 

 of the many varieties, it being always bright and 

 effective. The leaves for the greater part are of a 

 bright golden yellow, and especially so during the 

 growing season. It is of free growth, and admir- 

 ably suited for planting in clumps in front of 

 darker foliaged subjects. 



T. BACCATA Cheshuntensis is of partially 

 upright growth, with small closely arranged leaves, 

 that are dark green above, glaucescent beneath, 

 and long -pointed. It is a graceful variety, of 

 strict but informal growth, and was raised from 

 seed of the Irish Yew. 



T. BACCATA DovASTONi, CarHere. — This is a 

 remarkable creeping variety, the branches being 

 long and partially horizontal, with the branchlets 

 gracefully drooping. The leaves are relatively 



