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last taken possession of fhe villa parterre, the city window, and the 

 rural cottage : when, however, I say, we have elevated Arboriculture to 

 her proper place as an art, and when the "landscape" shall become 

 part of her domain, the "shrubbery," "flower-bed," "garden-plot," 

 and " window," take leaves from her book for the ornamentation of 

 our homes : in that ' good time coming,' which seems not so far dis- 

 tant as many suppose ; —for even now, we have indications of that 

 brighter morning, of that more enduring day, when a more natural, a 

 more noble, and a more truly refined taste or fashion shall prevail, in 

 the artistic embellishment of England's happy ' homes : ' — the Yew, in 

 its now numerous forms, varieties, and sub-varieties, will then stand 

 high in public estimation, 



TaxUS Adpressa: The Flattened-Branched Yew. 



This although a hybrid, or seminal sport from the prototype Com- 

 munis, is nevertheless a very distinct and interesting form of the Yew : 

 forming a numerous and flattened-branched, thickly-foliaged, and orna- 

 mental small tree, or large spreading bush, having small, flat, oblong, 

 dark glossy-green leaves, which, however, are lighter and slightly 

 glaucous on their under face. It is thoroughly hardy, and well adapted 

 for most descriptions of decorative planting, particularly for large rock- 

 work and embankments. There is an Erecta, — a more erect-branched 

 form of it ; likewise a Variegata, — a more slender-branched sub- variety, 

 having some of its young shoots covered Avith yellowish-green, or straw- 

 coloured spray ; some of the leaves, with their tips and margins, of a 

 creamy- white, and the centre green on the upper face, while all of them 

 have more green on the under side, rendering it a curious bizarre-looking 

 little bush : shade and humidity being its likes, and sun and expo- 

 sure its dislikes. 



TaxUS Canadensis : The Canadian l^ew. 



This forms a numerous-branched, spreading bush, attaining heights 

 of from one to four yards, distinguished from the common Yew by its 

 shorter leaves, and browner-coloured bark and spray ; a hardy, useful, 

 and interesting form of the Yew. 



Taxus Communis : The Common Yew. 



This is the prototype and representative of this Verataxus section of 

 our S.D. Taxinece. It is to be found in most European countries in an 

 indigenous, and, in most temperate regions of the globe in an exotic 

 state ; and being, like all the other species of Pinaceae, much in- 

 fluenced in its stature or dimensions by the soils, climates, or altitudes 

 in or upon which it may be grown ; it is, as a matter of course, to be 



