98 SUPPLEMENT TO THE PTNETUM. 



This tree is cdled " Sabino'^ by the Mexicans, and yields 

 excellent timber, but is too tender for the climate of England. 



Gen. TAXUS, Tournefort, the Yews. 

 The word Taxus, like the Greek word ** Toxen," a bow, is 

 derived from " Tazo," or " tasso," to draw, to pull ; man 

 having learned the arts of war and hunting before his language 

 was perfected. The English name Yew is said to come from 

 the Celtic "iw/^ green. 



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 Taxus baccata Cheshuntensis, W. Paul, the Cheshunt Yew. 



A nice variety, with rather a pyramidal habit of growth, in 

 the way of Taxus baccata sparsifolia, but with the leaves 

 smaller and more closely disposed all round the shoots ; the 

 spray is also much slenderer and more twiggy, with the leaves 

 of a bright glossy green. 



It was raised by Mr. William Paul, of the Cheshunt Nursery, 

 from a seed of the Irish Yew, and appears to stand midway 

 between the common and Irish Yews, but less formal than the 

 latter, and grows twice as fast. 



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 Taxus baccata erecta, Loudon, the Erect Common Yew. 



Syn. Taxus baccata erecta Crowderi, Hort. 

 This is quite an erect growing kind, with smaller leaves, and 

 slenderer branchlets than the common Yew. 



A nice variety, not unfrequently obtained from seeds of the 

 common kind. 



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 Taxus baccata glauca, Carriere, the Dark-green Common 



Yew. 

 Syn. Taxus baccata nigra, Paul. 

 This is the largest and finest of all the varieties of the com- 

 mon Yew. 



