THE ROMANCE OF OUR TREES 



Baltimore, on Long Island, and along the Hudson 

 River, there are large old specimens of the English 

 Yew, but in severe winters they brown badly. In 

 New England this happens nearly every winter and 

 this Yew — except a variety of which mention will be 

 made later — cannot be recommended for gardens. 

 In Virginia there are fine old trees which must have 

 been introduced in the 18th century, if not earlier; in 

 California, in the neighbourhood of San Francisco, 

 the English Yew is a success. 



The Japanese Yew was introduced into America 

 in 1862 by Dr. George R. Hall who gave it to Parsons 

 and Company, nurserymen, Flushing, N. Y. It ap- 

 pears to have made slow headway for many years, 

 but it is now becoming well known and its merits as the 

 hardiest of all Yews properly appreciated. It came 

 through the winters of 19 17-18 and 1919-20 un- 

 scathed in the Arnold Arboretum, and it is known 

 to be hardy as far north as central New Hampshire, 

 and also in Minneapolis, Minn. On Long Island 

 there are a number of fine specimens, so also are 

 there in the Hunnewell Pinetum, Wellesley, Mass., 

 and in the Arnold Arboretum. But undoubtedly the 

 largest by far in America is on the estate of the late 

 Dr. George R. Hall, Bristol, R. I., which is 22 feet 

 high and 120 feet around, but, unfortunately, in poor 

 health. 



