TREES AND SHRUBS 



An evergreen tree, 6-8 ft, ; Branches horizontal, wliorled, slender, spreading, 

 pendent, laterals and branchlets in 2 rows, frequently in opposite pairs, filiform. 

 Introduced from N. China by Fortune, 1848. 



LORD HARRINGTON'S YEW, Cephalotaxm pedunculata. 



Shrubberies, gardens. April. 



Flowers dioecious ; Males pedunculate, oval, in globular heads shorter 

 than bracts ; Females in axillary heads, peduncles 4-angled ; F?-uit drupaceous 

 2-3 in a head, peduncles long ; seeds solitary, erect, shell smooth, hard, thin. 



Leaves linear, in 2 rows, mostly opposite on branchlets, spiral and alter- 

 nate on principal branches, slightly falcate, thick, coriaceous, revolute, bright 

 glossy green above, raised straight nerve, 2 broad glaucous white bands 

 below, li-2| ins. long. 



An evergreen t7-ee, 6-8 ft. ; Branches numerous, spreading, mostly in whorls, 

 branchlets in 2 rows, horizontal, mostly opposite ; Buds with persistent imbri- 

 cated scales. 



Cultivated in Japan under name of Inukaja ; introduced to Britain, 1837. 

 Syn. Taxus Harringtoniana. 



YEW, Taxus baccata. 



Mountainous woods, parks, gardens. February, March. Prefers limy soils. 

 Valuable for forming hedges or planting under the shade and drip of larger trees. 

 Very attractive when laden with its bright red fruits. Hedges may be trimmed 

 in April or September. Propagated by cuttings in sandy soil in cold frame or 

 under handlight, September ; layering in September ; seeds in light soil 

 outdoors in March, or in pans or boxes of light soil in cold frame or greenhouse 

 in March, transplanting to nursery bed when large enough to handle. 



Flowers dioecious, very occasionally monoecious ; Male Jloivers almost 



spherical, \ in. diam., clustered in axils of leaves, bending backwards so as to 



appear on under side of branch, scales dry, imbricated, about 6 stamens, each 



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