EVERGREEN TREES AND SHRUBS. 
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The English Yew. Taxus baccata. —This is the parent species 
of most English varieties. A bushy tree, of compact growth, ovate- 
conical form, and dark foliage. It is considered hardy at Newport 
and New York, but not in the interior in the same latitude. It 
should be planted only in sheltered situations, protected from 
wind and excessive sunlight. The rate of growth is from six 
inches to one foot a year. 
The Erect Yew. Taxus b. erecta (stricta). —This is a variety 
of the above, of exceedingly dark foliage, and fastigiate habit. Form 
ovate-conical. It is hardier than the parent, and better adapted to 
culture here. Fig. 42, page 141, is a group showing a pair of these 
trees behind a golden arbor-vitae. The golden green of the arbor- 
vitas contrasts finely with the very deep green of the yews, and the 
unusual fineness and verticality of the shadow-lines in the latter, is 
a peculiarity of this variety. 
The Golden Yew. Taxus baccata aurea (variegata ).—This is 
an exquisite little shrub or tree; the leaves being touched with 
yellow just enough to give a golden-green tinge to its color. Cer¬ 
tainly one of the prettiest of dwarf trees for small grounds. Form 
irregularly conical or ovate. Hardier than the common yew. 
The Variegated-leaved Yew. Taxus elegantissima. —Quite 
similar to the above—the leaves being variegated sometimes with 
white, and again with yellow tips or lines. Hardy near New York, 
and almost hardy at Rochester. Form about the same as that of 
the golden arbor-vitae shown in Fig. 42. 
The Irish Yew. T. hibernica.— One of the slenderest of the 
yews, but not considered hardy even at Flushing, L. I. 
The Flattened Yew. T. adpressa. —A low spreading shrub 
of very dark fine foliage, and pretty, red berries. For shady places. 
Dovaston’s Weeping Yew. T. Dovastoni. —This is considered 
very beautiful in England, its growth being decidedly pendulous. 
Sargent, in Downing’s Landscape Gardening, alluded to it as hardy 
with him at Fishkill; but he now marks it “tender.” 
Heath-leaved Yew. T. ericoides. —Sargent speaks of this as 
a very pretty slender variety with minute foliage quite distinctive, 
and hardy with him in 1861. He now marks it very hardy. This 
is not the same as Cypress ericoides already described. 
