ISO TREE-PLANTING. 



from frost, it is best to give them some kind of cover, 

 such as fir twigs, or evergreen branches. After two or 

 three years the seedlings should be moved into 

 nursery lines, and afterwards transplanted again every 

 third year, allowing them sufficient space upon each 

 occasion to grow without crowding one another. 

 From its naturally fibrous roots, the yew will bear 

 transplanting when of a large size, and can so be 

 reckoned upon to produce an immediate ornamental 

 effect. Rather than receiving injury, it grows best 

 when somewhat darkened by other trees, and its 

 upward progress is assisted by them ; when otherwise 

 it would be inclined to branch outwards in its more 

 natural form. 



The tree is of a very poisonous nature, and fatal 

 accidents frequently happen to horses and cattle 

 which have eaten yew clippings, or have obtained 

 access to the trees, off which they have browsed. The 

 wood of the yew is more durable than that of any other 

 European timber, while the tree itself attains to a vast 

 age, and the venerable remains of some ancient yew 

 trees are supposed to take their date from the Roman 

 occupation of Britain. 



The Upright or Irish Yew (T. fastigiatd). This 

 is a handsome plant, which from a single stem at the 

 surface of the ground throws out a number of tapering 

 branches, clothed with foliage of the darkest green 

 colour, assuming a shape broad at top and narrow at 

 the bottom ; being considered one of the handsomest 

 and hardiest evergreens we have, which is striking on 

 account of its peculiarity of shape. 



It is propagated by cuttings taken in August and 

 September, which are struck in sand, or other silicious 



