028 LANDSOArE GAKDENING. 



North. The varieties, fastigiatum, pedulum, nutans, &c., are 

 described under the head of Glyptosirohus. 



Tazus. The Yew. 



Great additions have been made to this class of ever- 

 greens, since the first edition of this book, where only three 

 foreign and one American varieties are mentioned, viz. : 

 2\ baecata (the Common English), T. fastigiata (the 

 Upright yew), and the T. fructo-fiava (Yellow-berried). 

 Among the new ones which we have found hardy, are : 



T. adpressa (Flattened or Creeping yew). — An exceedingly 

 Syn. dark, striking bush, never, we believe, ex- 



cepMotaxus adpressa, ceeding three feet high, but spreading 



T. brevifolia. , . „ . , . , 



horizontally ; with very minute close 

 leaflets and pretty bright red berries, very desirable ; like all 

 the yews, doing better in the shade. 



» T. argentea and T. aurea (Silver and Golden yew). — These 

 two are very beautiful and desirable varieties of the Common 

 yew ; the first having silvery white-striped leaves, and the 

 second golden. They seem perfectly hardy here. We 

 have some Golden yews grafted standard high on the Green 

 yew, which produces a very pleasing contrast. They are more 

 commonly known in the English nurseries as Taxus elegans and 

 Taxus elegantissima. 



T. Dovaston (Dovaston's yew). — A singular Weeping 

 Syn. variety of common English yew, found some years 



. penduia, g^^ ■£ ^^ remember aright, in the yard of a cob- 



T. honzontalis. ° a ^ j 



bier near Shrewsbury ; described as pendulous as 



a birch or weeping willow ; quite hardy with us, and well 

 worth cultivating. 



T. ereeta (the Erect yew) — A slender variety of the com- 

 %»• mon English yew, with smaller foliage, and 



t! sScta! more erect habit of growth ; sometimes called 



Fulham yew. It is thought by some cultiva- 

 tors in this country to be hardier than the common English yew, 

 though the latter with us, especially after a year or so, 

 succeeds perfectly well, though possibly a little browned in 

 very severe winters. 



