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wide spreading. Lvs. needle-like, or scalelike and needle-pointed, 
usually opposite. 
Berry on a short recurved stalk. 
Cult, frequent. 
Nursery; 1510 Broad St. 
Nfd. to Minn, and northward. 
FI. Fr. 
Note: A very desirable and hardy low dark evergreen. 
3. J. virginiana Virginia J. Red Cedar 
Trees to 15m. tall, pyramidal, dark green. Bark fibrous. Evs. 
opposite (sometimes whorled in 3’s), on young specimens needle- 
shape, 5-7mm. long; on mature trees scalelike, closely pressed to 
the twig, giving the smallest branchlets a square shape. 
Berries on straight stalks. FIs. at end of branchlets ; stam. cone 
3mm. long, brown; pist. fl. about 1mm. long, whitish green. 
River bluffs, frequent; cult, common. 
Moore; Eldora; campus. 
Maine, southward and westward. 
Fl. April. Fr. Oct. 
Note: A good hardy ornamental, losing its lower branches. Cult, in 
many shapes and tints of foliage. The red and deliciously scented heart 
wood is soft and easily worked, and takes a high polish; it is used in 
making “moth proof” and ornamental chests and window seats. 
Family 7. TaxACEaE Yew Family 
Shrubs with ovules borne singly and exposed on the ends of 
short scaly shoots ; pollen in globular strobili, 2-4mm. in diameter. 
The exposed dark brown seed, 2-4mm. across, is borne in a 
fleshy crimson cup 1cm. in diameter. 
Taxus ' Yew 
(Taxon, bow; the wood having been formerly used for bows) 
Characters of the family. 
1. T. canadensis Canada Yew 
Tvs. linear, narrowed to a very short stalk, 1.5-2. 5cm. long, 
green on both sides. Pollen and ovules on different plants. 
Moist shaded bluffs, very rare. 
Palisades of Cedar River. 
Nfd. to Va., Ia. and Man. 
Fl. Apr. Fr. Oct. 
Note: T. cuspidata of Japan has been tried in gardens, but rarely sur- 
vives our winters. 
Grin nell College, 
Grin nell, Iowa. 
