TAXUS 581 



Var. CHESHUNTENSIS. A form intermediate between the common and 

 Irish yews; it has a wider habit than the latter, but the leaves are similarly 

 arranged all round the twig. 



Var. DOVASTONI. Westfelton Yew. One of the most distinct and hand- 

 some forms. The tree makes an erect stem, its branches are horizontal, and 

 its branchlets, or spray, pendulous. It was raised about 1777 by Mr John 

 Dovaston of Westfelton, near Shrewsbury, and the original tree, in addition 

 to its striking habit is of interest in having, although mostly male, produced 

 a branch which bears fruits. A sub-variety has golden young leaves. 



Var. ERICOIDES. A dwarf form with narrow crowded leaves a curiosity 

 merely. 



Var. FASTIGIATA. Irish Yew. Of columnar habit, with its branches and 

 branchlets quite erect and its leaves standing out all round the twigs. It is a 

 female tree, the original ones being found in the mountains of Fermanagh 

 about 1780 by a farmer named Willis. Two trees of this habit were found, 

 one of which he planted in his own garden, where it lived until 1865; the 

 other he gave to Florence Court, where it is still living the parent of all 

 Irish yews. There is a sub-variety with golden young leaves FASTIGIATA 



AUREA. 



Var. FRUCTU-LUTEO. Differs from the type in the yellow fruits; first 

 noticed about 1817 at Glasnevin, Dublin. 



Var. GLAUCA. Leaves at first very glaucous beneath. 



Var. GRACILIS PENDULA. Of the Dovastoni type. Stem erect, branches 

 horizontal, branchlets slender, elongated, pendulous. 



Var HORIZONTALIS. Branches horizontal, like Dovastoni, but with the 

 branchlets not pendulous; a form with golden young leaves is called 



HORIZONTALIS ELEGANTISSIMA. 



Var. NANA. Dwarf and spreading in habit. 



Var. PENDULA. A low spreading form with branches more or less 

 pendulous. 



Var. PROSTRATA. A prostrate-branched variety. 



Var. RECURVATA. Branches horizontal, leaves recurved. 



Var. SEMPERAUREA. Young shoots and leaves yellow, retaining their 

 colour through the first winter. 



Var. WASHINGTONI. A low spreading shrub, with leaves of a golden hue 

 and up to i| ins. long. 



T. BREVIFOLIA, Nuttall. CALIFORNIAN YEW. 



A small tree 20 to 30, rarely 50 to 70 ft. high, the trunk clothed with thin 

 reddish brown bark ; branchlets slender, winter buds clothed with loose, 

 yellowish, pointed scales. Leaves J to f in. long, T ^ in. wide, linear, rather 

 abruptly narrowed at the apex to a fine point; dark green above, paler green 

 beneath, arranged in two opposite horizontally spreading rows and persisting 

 four or five years. Fruit as in T. baccata. 



Native of Western N. America, from British Columbia to California; 

 introduced in 1854. This yew is rare in cultivation, the form so-called being 

 usually a form of T. baccata. On the other hand, the yews differ so little from 

 each other in essential points that it may easily be lost among the numerous 

 forms of common yew. 



T CANADENSIS, Marshall CANADIAN YEW. 



A shrub of spreading habit, often low and straggling, sometimes 4 to 6 ft. 

 high; winter buds small, roundish, the scales loose, roundish at the apex, 

 ridged at the back. Leaves \ to | in. long, ^ to ^ in. wide; linear, terminated 



