EVERGREENS 



TAXUS. Jap anese Yew 



The popularizing of the Japanese Yew is one of the achievements of the Hicks 

 Nurseries. 



The species was introduced by Dr. Hall, a missionary to Japan. He recognized 

 the climate similarity and brought over the plants to Parsons' Nursery, Flushing, to in- 

 troduce. They had their Japanese plants fenced in a little area called "Paradise." 

 Mr. Chas. A. Dana started his famous arboretum and had some of the choicest of these 

 plants. About twenty years ago, we commenced getting seed from one of them and have 

 continued getting seeds since it has been moved to the estate of Mr. W. D. Guthrie, 

 Locust Valley. The plant is north of the east gate and is about 30 ft. high and 30 ft. 

 wide, loaded with red berries. When the Parsons' Nursery became a city park we 

 bought the Japanese Yew. We have propagated it by the thousands. You can use 

 the Japanese Yew in many ways where it will be both harmonious and beautiful. Its 

 particular value is to give a note of pure, dark, lustrous green. It is in scale with the 

 smallest garden and in character with the largest and most expensive. If you want 

 a hedge 8 ft. high, plant Pine with Yew in front. Take out the Pine later. It will be 

 like the old Yew hedges of England — rich, soft and velvety. 



If you wish to make an irregular boundary that will stay smiling, compose it largely 

 of Japanese Yew and take out the larger growing species before they crowd. If you 

 wish a low border in your garden that will do what Boxwood does and never Winter- 

 kill, use the Japanese Yew, flat form. Against the foundation of your house as on page 

 36 — big, rounded masses of green either side of the entrance or at the corners may be 

 just the treatment to give your house dignity and coziness — plant the Japanese Yew, 

 flat form. Perhaps, between the windows and corners you need a tall, narrow spire, like 

 Boxwood or Cedar, plant the Japanese Yew and keep it clipped. In the woods where 

 it is too shady for Pine and Spruce and you wish to make an interesting variation with 

 Holly, Leucothoe, Laurel and Azalea, you can plant the Japanese Yew as along the 

 path on page 5. 



TAXUS baccata repandens. Spreading Yew. The hardiest form of the English 

 Yew. It is a cushion-shaped plant about 2 ft. high and twice as wide. Its recurving 

 branches give it a soft, rounded outline that is restful. You will find it particularly 

 appropriate on the shaded side of your house or shaded path along Pines, Hemlock 

 and Oak. To hold the mulch of blowing leaves plant an edging of the Spreading Yew. 

 It is always neat for small Winter gardens, in the city or suburbs. 



Height Spread Each Per 10 Height Spread Each Per 10 



10 in. 1 ft $2.50 $20.00 1^ ft. iy 2 ft $6.00 $50.00 



ift. iy 2 ft 4.00 3.0.00 iy 2 ft. 2 ft............. 10.00 80.00 



T. cuspidata. Japanese Yew. The form grown from seed making an upright 

 tree in the shape of a Hemlock with a single straight leader. Trees that are now 

 3 ft. high and 2^ ft. broad will in five years be 8 ft. high and 5 ft. broad. You will 

 find it unique pleasure to select from our big checkerboards of these Japanese Yew. 

 The plants are in perfect condition and have been recently transplanted to make 

 good roots. They are just as beautiful in March as in November and bright sun 

 does not damage them. As a substitute for Pyramidal Box we have trimmed some to 

 narrow cones. Some have been trimmed for low hedges. 



Height Each Per 10 Per 100 Height Each Per 10 Per 100 



\y 2 ft......... $3.00 $25.00 $200.00 3ft $10.00 $90.00 $800.00 



2 ft 5.00 40.00 350.00 4ft . . 15.00 140.00 



2y 2 ft 7.00 60.00 600.00 



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