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LAWN AND SHADE TREES. 
fectly. The common English yew —baccata — is the one most 
generally grown. It forms a bush of from six to twelve feet 
high, and when old enough to fruit, forms one of the most 
elegant of evergreen shrubs. 
The erecta is more compact and upright, not as spreading, in 
its habit ; while the horizontalis is spreading, almost creeping, 
in its growth. There are also several varieties with variegated 
foliage very curious and ornamentah The Irish yew — Hibernica — 
Fig. 44.— Ash Berberry. 
is of slow, compact, upright growth, forming a very small, 
round, pillar-like tree, but it will not endure any exposure to 
the winter suns. The American yew — Canadensis — -is, perhaps, 
the most hardy of all, but it is not of as rich and dark a green. 
As a class, however, masses of them are very beautiful ; and when 
azaleas are mingled with them the result ’ is quite satisfactory, 
especially in spring, when the azaleas are in bloom. In England, 
