104 CONIFERS. 



river, and other parts of North America. Branches 

 slender, spreading, or procumbent. Foliage of a reddish 

 tint, in which particular it differs much from the 

 European species. 



TAXUS FASTIGIATA. Lindley. 



(Irish Yew.) 

 SYN. Taxus hibernica. Mackay. 



An erect bush or small tree, remarkable for its deep 

 green foliage and formal character. The latter renders 

 it of great value for planting in geometrical gardens. 

 It requires to be kept to one leading shoot, otherwise 

 it assumes a loose spreading head, with the form of an 

 inverted cone, and in which state it is liable to damage 

 from snow and wind. Its leaves, unlike those of the 

 Common Tew, are scattered over the branches, and 

 not arranged in parallel rows. 



THTJIA. Linnceus. 

 (Arbor Vita?.) 



THUIA OCCIDENTALIS. Linnceus. 

 (The American Arbor Viteo.) 



SYN. Thuia obtusa. Monch. 



Cupressus Arbor Vitce. Targioni Tozzetti. 



A handsome tree, forty or fifty feet high, indigenous 

 to Canada, the mountains of Virginia and Carolina, 



