( 146) 



distinguish them. Some of them appear to he Dwarf Japanese- 

 Yews and the others prohably are 



Taxus baccata var. adpressa 



This is a female clonal variety whose leaves are shorter and 

 broader than in the common form. 



Let us continue northward along the path on the western side of 

 this group of yews. The corner plant is probably Taxus baccata 

 var. adpressa. Then comes the larger Japanese Yew already 

 pointed out and next to it three Dwarf Japanese- Yews. The 

 Variegated English-Yews already noted are now in the back- 

 ground. The small but upright yew directly beneath the big over- 

 shadowing tulip tree as well as the last three low spreading forms 

 with wide projecting branches to the left are Japanese Yews. 



The three remaining more upright but poorer-developed plants 

 are 



Taxus baccata var. Dovastonii, the Dovaston Yew 



These plants have been set out under this name but fail to 

 show much character. It is a variety supposedly marked by an 

 erect stem and horizontal wide-spreading branches with long 

 weeping branchlets. 



In order to see all the yews in the collection, let us retrace our 

 steps a bit and find the extreme southern end of the collection on 

 the eastern side. In other words, we must locate the southeast 

 corner of all the evergreens that are here grouped together. At 

 that point we shall stand in a little protected opening almost com- 

 pletely surrounded by evergreens. A rocky ledge marks the west- 

 ern side outside the trees. Once there we should notice the large, 

 low, and wide-spreading evergreen with distinctly weeping effect. 

 It is another Weeping English- Yew. To the left of it. as we 

 regard it from within our little enclosure, are two taller trees. The 

 center one is a Japanese Yew and the less rigid one to the left of 

 it probably is 



Taxus baccata, the English Yew 



The English Yew has long been one of the venerable trees of 

 Europe, particularly in England. The Yule log of olden days 



