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 PART 14— PLUM YEWS 



The collection of Plum Yews contains three small plants which 

 stand close to the yews on their eastern side (Map p. 137). See 

 text, last page.) 



In the enclosure where we considered the last of the yews there 

 remained unmentioned four evergreens. One of these is the small 

 very low one close to the ground on the western side. Another 

 is next to it and upright. Both are 



Cephalotaxus drupacea, the Japanese Plum- Yew 



A third small specimen of this same kind is located about fifty 

 feet farther north on the eastern edge of this entire collection of 

 evergreens. 



This evergreen from Japan usually forms under cultivation a 

 shapeless wide-spreading bush. It has an almond-like fruit from 

 the seed of which a resinous oil is pressed by the Japanese for 

 use in lamps. The wood occasionally is employed in cabinet- 

 making. To the Japanese this bushy tree is known as Inu-gaya, 

 Abura-gaya, and as Anatni. It is not frequently found in 

 cultivation. 



General Discussion 



There are six kinds of Plum Yews, all native to Japan, China, 

 or Himalaya. They are ornamental evergreen shrubs and require 

 shelter in cold climates as that of New York. They closely resem- 

 ble the yews but differ from them in having whitish lines on the 

 under side of the leaves rather than a yellowish-green color. From 

 the Torreyas, which we shall see next and which also are yew-like, 

 they differ by these whitish lines being broader and not narrower 

 than the green lines that accompany them. 



