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the parent plant of all the Irish yews — is still alive 

 at Florence Court. Its height is only about 18 

 feet, and its circumference 17 feet, having been 

 greatly damaged by the number of cuttings taken 

 from it for propagation, which have been forwarded 

 to all parts of Europe and America. 



'' The late Earl of Enniskillen gave the first 

 cuttings of this yew to Messrs. Lee & Kennedy, of 

 Hammersmith. There are now at Florence Court 

 several fine specimens, some of them being from 

 24 to 26 feet in height. 



'' I may add that the upright yew can only be 

 propagated by cuttings, as, if the berry is sown, it 

 produces a hybrid with the growth of the common 

 yew and the foliage of the upright or ' Florence 

 Court ' Yew." 



In 1917 the original tree was 35 feet high and 

 30 feet across. 



Fisher's Golden Hybrid Yew is at once one of 

 the most beautiful and desirable of the family. It 

 is in every w^ay an elegant shrub of symmetrical 

 growth with beautifully variegated foliage. This 

 desirable hybrid was raised at the Royal Nursery, 

 Handsworth, Sheffield, and deserves to be \\idely 

 circulated. The accompanying illustration is of 

 a tree in the Handsworth Nursery. 



T. BACCATA FASTIGIATA ARGENTEA differs prin- 

 cipally in the yellowish white tint of the younger 

 branch -tips and some of the leaves, but o\\'ing 

 to its inconstant variegation has not been largely 

 planted. 



T. BACCATA FASTIGIATA AUREA, Standish, is a 

 very desirable variety, in which many of the leaves 

 are margined with golden yellow, or the young 



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