THE YEW. 163 
teen feet, buried or rooted in the leaves and mould, and 
throwing up, at intervals of one and two feet, branches 
from two to four, and even five feet in height. In such 
situations it retains the dark green of its foliage un- 
changed through the winter. It bears cultivation well, 
and is much improved by it, as it grows to a much larger 
size. When it is thickly shaded the foliage becomes 
rusty during the winter, but ordinarily it is of a beau- 
tiful dark green, and may be trained by pruning into 
any desired shape. 
