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Probably not yet introduced into our American collections. 

 According to Gordon, " this is the largest and finest of all 

 the varieties of the common Yew." 



Var, ericoidcs, Ilort. Is quite similar to the common 

 Yew, but has rather smaller foliage, and a more erect 

 habit of growth. It appears to be about equally hardy 

 with the above in our own garden. 



Var. sparsifolia, London. We received this variety 

 from France a few years since, under the name of T. bac- 

 cata monstrosa. It is also known in some collections as 

 T. MitchellL The leaves are arranged similarly to those of 

 the upright form of the Irish Yew, but are not of so dark a 

 green as is that variety. The foliage is very widely scat- 

 tered around the branches, which are straggling and 

 spreading. Altogether it is a curious little plant, but not 

 at all handsome. 



Var, variegata alba, Carriere. SILVER-VARIEGATED 

 YEW. Syn. T. baccata argentea, London ; T. elegantis- 

 sima, Hort. In this variety, the usual green leaves are 

 very elegantly striped, and edged with white. 



Var, yariegata aurca, Carriere. GOLDEX-VARIEGATED 

 YEW. Syn. T. baccata variegata, London. Has the 

 stripes and margins of a pale yellow. In a group of Yews, 

 every one must admire the rich tints and contrasts exhib- 

 ited in the foliage of these two variegated kinds. The 

 Silver Yew is perhaps the more pleasing of the two, 

 owing to the charming contrast of the pearly white- 

 ness with the usual dark green foliage, but both are 

 highly deserving of a place in every collection. These 

 two forms are very hardy, even more so than the species. 

 We remember observing some beautiful specimens grow- 

 ing on a large rockery springing up apparently out of a 

 rich dark- green carpet of the Juniperns prostrata, and 

 surrounded by Rhododendrons, etc., where they formed 

 the most attractive objects in the whole collection, and 



