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36 TREES AND SHRUBS 

great Montezuma Cypress at Chapultepec (in Mexico) belongs. It has a 
diameter of 30 feet near the ground. This species is not hardy here. 
Taxus. YEW. This small group of shrubs and small trees is character- 
ized by having the male and female flowers on different individuals; the 
former of a few naked stamens, the latter a naked ovule in a small disk which 
becomes cup-shaped. Heart-wood usually red. From the temperate and 
colder parts of the globe. In this somewhat perplexing group Gordon has 
been mainly followed. 
Taxus adpressa, Anight. SHORT-LEAVED JAPAN YEW. ( Zaxus ¢ardiva, 
Lawson; Taxus baccata adpressa, Carriere; Cephalotaxus tardiva, Siebold ; 
Cephalotaxus adpressa, Hort.) Shrub from Japan; 3 feet high, with many 
spreading branches. Hardy here. It has a variety stricta, Standish ; 
which is robust in appearance and has erect leading shoots. 
Taxus baccata, Zinneus. COMMON YEW. (7Zaxus baccata vulgaris, 
Endlicher.) 1s asmall tree or large bush from Northern Europe. Stem short, 
but branches many and spreading; smaller branches drooping; leaves a 
gloomy green. Of this we have the varieties—argentea, Loudon ; SILVER 
VARIEGATED YEW; which has silvery white striped leaves changing to straw- 
color. *Cheshuntensis, W. Paul; CHESHUNT YEW; is pyramidal in out- 
‘line, has small leaves, and is of rapid growth. Dovastoni, Loudon, Dovas- 
TON’s YEW (which is cursed with many synonymes); has the form of the 
species, except that its branches are horizontal and its branchlets very drooping. 
Of this variety there is a variegated form which has the young leaves golden- 
edged, which, as they become older, change to a bright green with silver 
edging. erecta, Loudon, ERECT YEW; is a slender, stiff, erect variety, 
which is more commonly known in gardens as 7axus erecta. ericoides, 
flort.; HEATH-LIKE YEW; is I or 2 feet high, with small dark foliage and 
small erect twigs. fastigiata, Zoudon, IRISH YEW; has the outline of a 
Lombardy Poplar, the branches being stiff and erect; leaves in tufts or scat- 
tered, but not in 2 rows as most Yews have; berries also are oblong instead of 
round. The variety has also produced 2 (at least) variegated forms. * fructu- 
luteo, Loudon ; has berries of a striking golden color, glauca, Carriere ; 
leaves dark green on upper surface ‘‘and bluish and glaucous gray on the 
under. Bark of the young shoots is a rusty-brown color.” nana, W. Paul; 
is a solid little dwarf, with leaves longer and darker than the species. sparsi- 
folia, Zowdon,; which is the same as the variety monstrosa of the gardens; 
has the leaves arranged around the branches, but the branches spreading. 
* variegata, Loudon; has the leaves edged with a golden-yellow color. 
Taxus brevifolia, Nuéta//. CALIFORNIA YEW. (Zaxus Boursieri, Car- 
viere; Taxus baccata Americana, Douglas; Taxus Lindleyana, Murray ; 
Taxus occidentale, Nuttall.) A middle-sized tree from our Northwest coast ; 
leaves long (nearly an inch), slightly curved; branches slender, very long, 
drooping, and with a yellowish bark. 
Taxus Canadensis, Wil/denow. CANADIAN YEW. ( Zaxus baccata Cana- 
densis, Loudon; Taxus baccata minor, Michaux ; Taxus procumbens, Lod- 
diges ; Taxus Canadensis major, Knight.) This in a wild condition is a much- 
branched, straggling, half-creeping shrub, and, so far as shape or outline is 
concerned, it has little or no beauty. It may, however, be pruned into almost 
any shape. Has a rather sombre hue in winter. The variety Washingtont, 
Hort., has a vigorous growth, with large, somewhat curved leaves slightly 
tinged with a rich golden color. It is also known in gardens as 7Zaxus Wash- 
ingtoni and Zaxus Canadensis aurea. 

