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familiar to require an extended notice, although very useful in formal 
gardening. Seeds of this variety produce for the most part the common 
Yew, but some vary in form and tint. 
6. T. h. cheshuntensis is a very graceful variety, of pyramidal 
growth, the leaves small and closely set on the branches; the colour is 
of a bright glossy green. It appears to stand midway between the 
common and Irish Yew, but is less formal than the latter and grows 
twice as fast. This variety was raised by me some years ago, from 
seeds of the Irish Yew. 
7- T. h. jpyramidalis. —This variety resembles cheshuntensis in out¬ 
ward form, the leaves are, however, broader and shorter, and the bark 
of the young shoots reddish. 
8. T. b. nidpathensis, the Nidpath Yew, resembles cheshuntensis 
in the leaf, branch, and colour of the foliage, but is of stiffer growth, 
being columnar rather than pyramidal in habit, with a disposition to 
spread at the top. 
9. T. 6. stricta is similar to the preceding, but with smaller and 
paler green leaves; it is almost as erect as the Irish Yew, and forms a 
compact dense tree. This is a seedling from the Irish Yew, raised 
from the same batch as cheshuntensis. 
10. T. b. nana is a neat plant of dwarf habit, and compact upright 
growth; the leaves of a dark and more glossy green than the common 
Yew. It appears equally suitable for a single tree on the lawn, for 
planting in masses, for the shrubbery, or for a dwarf hedge in a 
geometrical garden. This also is one of my seedlings raised from the 
Irish Yew. 
11. T, b. erecta is similar to the preceding, but of larger growth, 
although with smaller leaves. 
12. T. b. erecta Growderi, the variety recently brought under notice 
by Mr. Crowder, of Horncastle, is of compact pyramidal growth, and 
approaches more nearly to erecta than to any other, but has smaller 
branches, and will probably not grow to so large a size. It appears of 
more regular growth than erecta, and may perhaps be considered an 
improved variety of it. 
13. T, b. ericoides (empetrifolia) is an interesting and neat little 
plant of dwarf growth, closely set with branches ; the leaves are small, 
the bark reddish. 
Group 3.— Varieties of toeeping habit. 
14. T. b. Dovastonii is a weeping variety, somewhat picturesque, 
the branches shooting horizontally to some distance from the main 
stem, and drooping at their points. The foliage is ample, of a dull 
dark green. 
15. T. b. Jachsonii is a distinct and elegant weeping variety, with 
small light green leaves somewhat curled. 
16. T. b. recurvata is a handsome variety, with leaves of a pale 
dull green. The habit is diffuse, rather drooping, the leaves curled in 
the way of Picea nobilis. 
Group 4.— Varieties with variegated foliage. 
' 17. T. b. variegata, the Golden Yew, is a well-known plant of 
