Trees and Shrubs 



TAXUS (fhe Tew). 



The Taxus comprises about eight species, natives of the East- 

 ern States, Europe and Japan, one being indigenous to California 

 while another is a native of Mexico. 



Taxus baccata, the common English Yew, is indigenous to 

 most of the countries of Europe, and extends even to British 

 India. It grows, under favorable conditions, to the height of 

 fifty feet with a trunk five feet in diameter. It has many vari- 

 eties, including Taxus baccata argentia (having leaves striped 

 with silvery white), Taxus baccata aurea (having leaves broadly 

 edged with yellow; this being a very desirable variety for 

 planting in small grounds or for grouping among other Yews 

 in larger grounds) and Taxus baccata fastigiata, the Irish Yew, 

 or, as it is sometimes named, the Florence Court Yew, a species 

 much used in formal gardens. 



The Yew grows in any soil and in any situation not too 

 much exposed to harsh winds, and while it loves a semi-shady 

 situation on the bank of a stream, it does well under any ordi- 

 nary garden conditions. 



Propagate by seeds sown one-sixteenth of an inch deep in 

 the open ground in Spring, or by cuttings inserted in September 

 in sandy soil in a 'cool frame and shaded for a few weeks during 

 hot sunshine. The variegated varieties are increased by grafting, 

 in Winter, on the common species. They may also be propa- 

 gated by layering in Summer. 



TEMPLETONIA (Coral Bush). 



A most beautiful ornamental shrub with simple leaves, a 

 dense bushy habit and pea-shaped blossoms of bright crimson. 

 It grows easily in any common soil and with very little irrigation, 

 preferring a rather dry gravelly soil and a warm, sheltered situ- 

 ation where it well repays any attention bestowed upon it. 



Propagate by cuttings placed in sandy leaf-mold in a cold 

 frame in September. 



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