342 DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS 



(618) — Taxus canadensis. The latter is the more hardy, doing well even 

 in Canada, while the former needs protection in Massachusetts. T. baccata 

 is much the taUer and tree-like, sometimes reaching the height of 60 feet, 

 while T. canadensis is generally a, prostrate shrub rarely reaching the 

 height of 5 feet. The first is generally dioecious, while the last is rarely ■ 

 so, and therefore nearly aU plants old enough will have berries. The 

 leaves of T. canadensis are narrower, shorter, and of a more yellowish 

 green, and its fruit ripens a month or two earlier than the European 

 species. 



The English Yew — Taxus baccata — has many cultivated forms with 

 variegated foliage or less erect growth, among which may be mentioned: 

 Silvery Yew — arg^ntea, — with whitish-striped leaves; Golden Yew 



(619) — aiirea, -^ with golden-yeUow-edged leaves; Fisher's Yew — Fish- 

 eri, — with some of the leaves deep yellow throOghout ; Jackson's Yew — 

 JAcksoni or p^ndula, — with weeping tips to the branches ; Short-leaved 

 Yew (620) — adprfesa, — with long spreading branches and short leaves 

 ^ inch or less long; Spreading English Yew (621) — prociimbens, — 

 prostrate. 



