EVERGREEN TREES AND SHRUBS. 575 



The English Yew. Taxus baccaia. — This is the parent species 

 of most English varieties. A bushy tree, of compact growth, ovate- 

 conical form, and dark foliage. It is considered hardy at Newport 

 and New York, but not in the interior in the same latitude. It 

 should be planted only in sheltered situations, protected from 

 wind and excessive sunlight. The rate of growth is from six 

 inches to one foot a year. 



The Erect Yew. Taxus b. ereda (stricta). — This is a variety 

 of the above, of exceedingly dark foliage, and fastigiate habit. Form 

 ovate-conical.- It is hardier than the parent, and better adapted to 

 culture here. Fig. 42, page 141, is a group showing a pair of these 

 trees behind a golden arbor-vitae. The golden green of the arbor- 

 vitae contrasts finely with the very deep green of the yews, and the 

 unusual fineness and verticality of the shadow-lines in the latter, is 

 a peculiarity of this variety. 



The Golden Yew. Taxus baccata aurea (variegata). — This is 

 an exquisite little shrub or tree ; the leaves being touched with 

 yellow just enough to give a golden-green tinge to its color. Cer- 

 tainly one of the prettiest of dwarf trees for small grounds. Form 

 irregularly conical or ovate. Hardier than the common yew. 



The Variegated-leaved Yew. Taxus ekgantissivia. — Quite 

 similar to the above — the leaves being variegated sometimes with 

 white, and again with yellow tips or lines. Hardy near New York, 

 and almost hardy at Rochester. Form about the same as that of 

 the golden arbor-vitae shown in Fig. 42. 



The Irish Yew. T. hibernica. — One of the slenderest of the 

 yews, but not considered hardy even at Flushing, L. I. 



The Flattened Yew. T. adpressa. — A low spreading shrub 

 of very dark fine foliage, and pretty, red berries. For shady places. 



Dovaston's Weeping Yew. T Dovastoni. — This is considered 

 very beautiful in England, its growth being decidedly pendulous. 

 Sargent, in Downing's Landscape Gardening, alluded to it as hardy 

 with him at Fishkill ; but he now marks it "tender." 



Heath-leaved Yew. T. ericoides. — Sargent speaks of this as 

 a very pretty slender variety with minute foliage quite distinctive, 

 and hardy with him in 186 1. He now marks it very hardy. This 

 is not the same as Cypress ericoides already described. 



