384 



TAXACE.E. 



looking plant, seldom found higher than a large shrub, and 

 not worthy of a place in the shrubbery. 



The Yew is subject to few accidents from the elements, 

 the tough nature of the wood of the branches resisting the 

 severest storms of wind, and, when loaded with snow, 

 yielding, without breaking, to the weight, or without being 

 torn from their sockets, as is so frequently the base with 

 many other trees and evergreens. The wood, as well as 

 the foliage, is remarkably free from the attacks of insects, 

 as we know of no lepidopterous, and few other larva 

 which make it their food, and the only parasitic plant 

 found in any quantity upon it appears to be the 8pli<zria 

 Taxi. 



