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Directly behind this is a small but upright form that doss not 

 lie on the ground. It is 



Taxus baccata var. fastigiata, the Irish Yew 



This is one of the best-known varieties of the English Yew. It 

 is always a female plant, for, unlike the pines, the sexes are differ- 

 ent individuals in the yews. And the Irish Yew originated over a 

 hundred years ago from a female plant. All Irish Yews since are 

 direct descendants of that original tree. Some very handsome 

 specimens are known in Europe. 



The next large and wide-spreading evergreen along the path, as 

 well as all the other similar ones in the background, is 



Taxus baccata var. variegata, the Variegated English-Yew 



This variety is very apt to be confused with the Golden English- 

 Yew until one has carefully compared them. The Golden English- 

 Yew is stiffer, the branches do not arch and project so much and 

 in summer the color of the foliage is deeper yellow. That of the 

 Variegated English- Yew grows pale toward the end of the summer. 



The variety before us makes a very dense growth and seems 

 admirable in a protected spot as a border hedge where ample room 

 is given it. 



The next lower dense one along the path is another Spreading 

 English-Yew. 



The next very wide-spreading plant, with stiffer branches and 

 more stubby foliage, is 



Taxus cuspidata var. nana, the Dwarf Japanese- Yew 



There are only two or three varieties of the Japanese Yew and 

 this is probably the best known of them. It is a rather stiff low- 

 branching and wide-spreading form, with shorter and stubbier 

 leaves than we shall find on the Japanese Yew itself. It needs 

 plenty of room to develop properly and is perhaps best used singly 

 because of its individuality. A very similar variety that is difficult 

 to distinguish from the one before us is var. dcusa. A very hand- 

 some example of this latter is located by itself in the center of 

 the driveway in front of Conservatory Range 1. 



