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Var. procvunbens, Loud. Prostrate English Y. Prostrate slirub, with 

 elongated and much ramified branches. Var. repandens, Parsons. Spread- 

 ing English Y. A low form with long wide-spreading branches and dull, 

 bluish-green, narrower and longer leaves, partly falcately curved upward. 

 Hardy in New England. 



Var. Jacksonii, Gord. Jackson Y. A form with spreading branches 

 pendulous at the tips and with numerous short curved branclilets: leaves 

 crowded, more or less incurved, rather broad, light green. 



Var. Dovastoni, Laws. (var. Dovastoni peridula, Hort.). Dovaston 

 Y. Branches wide-spreading, nodding at the tips: leaves dull green, short 

 and abruptly mucronulate. A very handsome form. Originated before 

 1800 in England. Var. "Dovastoni aureo-variegata," Beiss. (var. Dovas- 

 toni aurea, Hort.). Yellow Dovaston Y. A form with the leaves varie- 

 gated with yellow. 



Var. fastigiata, Loud. {T. hibernica, Hort.). Irish Y. Strictly fastigiate 

 form, with stout crowded upright branches and branchlets: leaves radially 

 arranged around the branches, dark glossy green, more obtuse than in the 

 type. One of the most desirable evergreens of columnar habit for formal 

 gardens. Discovered and introduced into cultivation about 17G0 in England. 

 Var. "fastigiata variegata," Carr. (var. argenteo-marginata, Hort.). Varie- 

 gated Irish Y. Less vigorous and more tender: leaves marked yellowish- 

 white. Var. "fastigiata aurea," Standish. Golden Irish Y, Young growth 

 golden-yellow. 



Var. cheshuntensis, Gord. Cheshunt Y. A form resembling the Irish 

 yew, with ascending branches: leaves radially spreading, narrower, dark green 

 above, bluish-green below. Var. erecta, Loud. (var. stricta, Hort.). Broom 

 Y. Bushy form, with slender, upright branches and branchlets: leaves 

 narrower and smaller than in the type, usually radially arranged. 



Var. adpressa, Carr. {T. parvifolla, Wender. T. brcvifolia, Hort., not 

 Nutt. r. tarc/iVa, Laws. T . baccata tardiva, FUgeT) . Shortleaf English Y. 

 Shrub or low tree of irregular habit, with long spreading branches: leaves 

 oblong, obtusish, mucronulate, H-H inch long: disk of fruit shorter than 

 the seed. Very distinct form which originated in England about 1828 or 1838 

 and is not of Japanese origin as sometimes stated. Var. "adpressa erecta," 

 Nichols, (var. adpressa stricta, Beiss.), has the foliage of the preceding, but 

 erect branches forming a columnar bush. 



2. T. chinensis, Rehd. (T. cuspidata var. chinensis, Rehd. & Wils. T. 

 baccata var. chinensis, Pilger). Chinese Y. Tree to 50 feet tall, with grayish 

 or reddish bark; mature branchlets yellowish-green: leaves distinctly 2- 

 ranked, horizontally spreading at nearly right angles from the stem, very 

 short-stalked, usually falcate, the midrib slightly raised, dark green and 

 lustrous above, grayish-green below, %-\% inches long: seed broadly ovoid. 



