THE YEW AND ITS VARIETIES. 



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Scibhtific Name. 



TAXUS BACClTA 



„ fructu- 



luteo 

 (Loudon) 



,, nana 



(Sort.) 



,, nigra 

 (Sort. Paul) 



BREVIFOLIA 



(Nvitall) 



CANADENSIS 

 ( 



(ffort.) 



,, Washing- 



t6nii 



(Hort.) 



CUSPIDATA 



(Siebold) 



Synonyms. 



Taxus Foxii (Knight) 



baccata glauca 

 (Carriere) 



Lindleyana 



(Murray) 

 occidentalis 



americana 



(Douglas) 

 Boursierii 



(Carriere) 



baccata cana- 

 densis (Loudon) 

 baccata minor 



(Michaux) 

 procwrribens 



(Loddiges) 



Taxus canadensis awrea 

 (Hort.) 



The yellow- 

 berried Yew 



The dwarf Yew 



The glaucous 

 Yew, or Blue John 



The Californian 

 Yew 



Popular Name, 



The Canadian 



Yew 



The variegated 

 Canadian Yew 



Washington's 

 Canadian Yew 



The Japanese 



Yew 



Habitat. 



California and 



Oregon 



Canada and 

 north-eastern 

 States 



Garden variety. 



Japan 



Height 



in 



Feet. 



25— 30 



5 



30— 50 



5 — 15 



15— 20 



Taxus adpressa.— A low tree or shrub, with numerous spreading 

 branches clothed with ovate-oblong blackish-green leaves, slightly 

 inclined upwards and forwards, and distichously arranged in double 

 rows. It is called the flat-headed Tew on account of its spreading 

 habit and want of a leader. It is a very distinct Yew. 



The origin of Taxus adpressa is uncertain. It is generally believed 

 to have been introduced from Japan, but our collector failed to meet 

 with it in that country, either in a wild state or in cultivation. A 

 higher degree of probability is attached to the supposition of its having 

 originated in a once famous "nursery in north-east London. 



