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picturesque with its wide-spreading and drooping branches. It should 
be planted in this country more generally than it has been for it readily 
adapts itself to the severe climate of New England. 
One of the most interesting genera in this Family is Torreya, or as it is 
sometimes called Tumion, named in honor of a Nestor of North American 
botanists, and it is fortunate that its Japanese representative, Torreya 
nucifera , one of the handsomest evergreen trees in Japan, is hardy in 
this climate. A group of these plants is growing among the Laurels at 
the base of Hemlock Hill. The type of this genus, Torreya taxifolia, is 
a native of western Florida and one of the rarest of North American 
trees. There is a plant of this species near the top of Hemlock Hill 
where in a very sheltered position it has been growing for a number of 
years with several other conifers of doubtful hardiness. 
The European Yew, Taxus baccata, is generally not hardy in New 
England, although there are a few varieties of this tree growing in the 
Arboretum. It is fortunate, therefore, that the Japanese and Chinese 
Yew, Taxus cuspidata , is entirely hardy here. The foliage of this tree 
is rather lighter in color than that of the European Yew; it grows more 
rapidly, and there appears no reason why it should not reach a large size 
and attain a great age in this country. There is a semiprostrate form 
with darker-colored leaves and long and semierect branches which spread 
into large masses. This is the variety brevifolia of American gardens. 
Of all the contributions, and they are many and important, which Japan 
has made to the gardens of New England these Yews are probably the 
most valuable. 
These bulletins will now be discontinued until the spring. 
An illustrated guide to the Arboretum containing a map showing the 
position of the different groups of plants has recently been published. It 
will be found useful to persons unfamiliar with the position of the differ- 
ent groups of plants. Copies of this guide can be obtained at the Admin- 
istration Building in the Arboretum, from the Secretary of the Massa- 
chusetts Horticultural Society, 800 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, from 
The Houghton, Mifflin Company, 4 Park Street, Boston, and at the Old 
Corner Bookstore, Bromfield Street, Boston. 
The Arboretum will be grateful for any publicity 
given these Bulletins. 
