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larger, more curved, and of a deeper shade of green 

 than those of the type. T. haccata Dovastoni aurea 

 variegata is well described by the name. 



T. BACCATA ELEGANTissiMA is of dense. Upright 

 growth, with whitish or pale yellow thickly pro- 

 duced leaves. The neat habit and constant varie- 

 gation render it a desirable and ornamental 

 variety. 



T. BACCATA ERECTA, Loudou. — A not vcry 

 elegant variety, having erect-growing slender 

 branches and small glossy green leaves, arranged 

 for the greater part in two rows. 



T. BACCATA ERicoiDES (T. h. empetrifolio) is of 

 neat and small growth, the branches slender and 

 close set, and the leaves very small and closely 

 arranged. The reddish bark of the branches show- 

 ing here and there through the deep green foliage 

 has a pleasing effect. 



T. BACCATA FASTIGIATA is a wcll-known and 

 justly popular variety that originated in Ireland — 

 hence the popular name, Irish Yew. The habit is 

 strictly fastigiate, the branches short, stout, and 

 close-growing, and the leaves of a deep green, and 

 scattered around the branchlets. Regarding the 

 origin of the Irish or Florence Court Yew, the Earl 

 of Enniskillen furnished the following in 1880 : 



'* I beg to state that the two original plants 

 were found more than a century ago on a rock in 

 the mountain above Florence Court, called Carrick- 

 namaddow, or ' the Rock of the Dog,' by Mr. 

 WilHs, tenant of the then Earl of Enniskillen. He 

 planted one specimen in his garden, and the other 

 he brought down to Florence Court. The first 

 died about fifteen years ago. The second one — 



