T. baccata 



groups and avenues for various styles of garden- 

 ing. Although, when mature, it forms a large 

 specimen with a somewhat loose branch arrange- 

 ment, younger plants are very dense in habit 

 and form a compact column. Trees are easily 

 kept in this form by going over them once a 

 year and shortening the ends of branches that 

 are inclined to become too heavy for their own 

 weight and bend outwards instead of keeping 

 erect. It was first noticed growing on the 

 mountains of Fermanagh, near Florence Court, 

 which accounts for the name of " The Florence 

 Court Yew" which is sometimes applied to it. 

 A reprint in the Gardeners Chronicle for 1873, 

 p. 1336, from the People's Journal gives the 

 following account of this variety : " Near by our 

 place is a grave marked by a small and solitary 

 Irish Yew, and nothing more. I know not who 

 had laid under it. That dark green ' mournful 

 Yew/ however, serves a purpose in some hearts. 

 Here and there are to be seen similar monu- 

 ments breaking the monotony of the grassy 

 ranges. Each of them seems to have a sad 

 story in its custody. The dark Yew has long 

 been adapted as a favourite tree for shading the 

 ground of our dead. The Irish Yew, or Flor- 

 ence Court variety of the Yew, has in a special 

 manner become the most prominent and dis- 

 tinguished of the family. The history of the 

 Irish Yew may be of interest to many. Here it 



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