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THE CULTIVATED EVERGREENS 



Taxus cuspidata. 



slightly 2-angled and slightly compressed, with orbicular hilum. Central 

 China. — Introduced in 1908 to the Arnold Arboretum. Hardy as far north as 

 Massachusetts only in sheltered places. The plants in cultivation are yet 



too young to allow an 

 opinion regarding the 

 ornamental merits of this 

 yew; its foliage is of 

 lighter color than that 

 of the following species; 

 in its native country it 

 produces fruit in great 

 profusion. 



3. T. cuspidata, Sieb. 

 & Zucc. ( T. baccata var. 

 cuspidata, Carr.). Japa- 

 nese Y. Fig. 27. Plate 

 IV. A tree with spread- 

 ing or upright spreading 

 branches, attaining a 

 height of 50 feet; trunk 

 with reddish-brown bark; branchlets usually brown the second year: leaves 

 incompletely 2-ranked, the ranks more or less upright and forming a 

 V-shaped trough, usually falcate, abruptly mucronate, abruptly contracted 

 at base into a distinct yellowish stalk, dark and rather dull green above, 

 with 2 broad tawny yellow or pale bands below, ^-1 inch long, and about 

 i/g inch broad, thickish; petiole abruptly enlarged into the leaf-cushion: 

 fruit ripening in September and October, the aril with an opening narrower 

 than the seed which is ovoid, compressed, slightly 3-4-angled, about 

 }4 inch long, with oval hilum. Japan, Korea, and Manchuria. — Introduced 

 about 1855 to England by Fortune and into this country in 1862 by Dr. 

 G. R. Hall. It is perfectly hardy as far north as Massachusetts and 

 Ontario; it is the most vigorous of the yews and its dark green foliage retains 

 its color through the winter. Var. capitafa, Hort., does not differ from 

 the typical plant. 



Var. aurescens, Rehd. (T. tardiva aurea, Hort.). Low form with the 

 leaves of the young branchlets deep yellow, changing later to green. 



Var. nana, Rehd. (var. brevifolia, Hort. Amer. var. compada. Bean). 

 Dwarf Japanese Y. Plate X. Shrubby form with spreading branches 

 densely clothed with short branchlets: leaves somewhat shorter and duller, 

 ascending and not or scarcely 2-ranked: slow-growing, rather compact while 

 young, but with age becoming more open. 



Var. densa, Rehd. Low form making a dense sometimes almost hemi- 



