MYRTLE: PERIWINKLE: Vinca minor. (Trailing evergreen) Leaves 
dark rich green, growing in a dense spreading mat, form a lovely back¬ 
ground for lovely blue flowers. This variety especially choice. Forms a 
beautiful ground cover. Moist soil, shade or part shade. $1.30 each; 
$2.75 per ten; $15.00 per 100. 
SPURGE, JAPANESE: Pachysandra terminalis. (Perennial, to 1') An 
evergreen plant used most satisfactorily as a ground cover in shady situa¬ 
tions. White flowering spikes in spring. Spreads, forming a dense 
cover. Good loam, shade or part shade. .25 each; $2.25 per ten; $18.00 
per hundred. 
YEW: Taxus. One of the finest types of evergreen material, whose life, 
if plants are favorably located, may continue for many centuries. 
English Yew: T. baccata. (Evergreen, to 60') One of most character¬ 
istic trees of England. Not hardy in North. Dark green foliage. 
Plants, 24" to 30", B & B, $6.00. 
English Yew: Compact form with yellow leaves: T. baccata elegantis- 
sima. (Evergreen, to 5') Young leaves striped pale yellow, older ones 
whitish margins. Plants 18" to 24", B & B, $5.00 each. 
English Yew: Dwarf compact form. T. baccata compacta. (Evergreen, 
to 5') Dwarf tree-like shrub. Foliage shorter, more compact. Plants, 
6" to 8", .75 each. 
English Yew: Golden variegated: T. baccata aurea. Plants, 18" to 24", 
B & B, $6.00 each. 
English Yew: Low spreading form. T. baccata repandens. (Ever¬ 
green, to 3') Of prostrate growth. 12" to 15", B & B, $4.00 each. 
English Yew: Washington type: T. baccata Washingtoni. (Evergreen, 
to 15') Wide-spreading, golden yellow. Plants, 12" to 15", B & B, 
$4.00 each. 
Irish Yew: T. baccata fastigiata. (Evergreen tree, to 30') As this 
is an upright form of English Yew: T. baccata, it is not considered 
hardy north of Philadelphia, though a few specimens are known to 
survive severe winters in New York State and New England. Where- 
ever it does thrive it develops into superb specimens of dense rich 
green, with reddish trunk and branches, its star-shaped clustered 
masses of curved needles clothing each branch in its upright growth. 
Slow growth. 6" plants, .50 each; $4.50 per ten. 8" to 10" plants, 
.80 each. 21" to 24", B & B. $12.00 each. 
Large specimens of IRISH YEW: T. baccata var. fastigiata, now rare, 
may be furnished and transplanted through the Landscape Department of 
WEATHERED OAK HERB FARM, INC. See page 30 for further in¬ 
formation. 
Irish Yew: Golden variegated form: T. baccata fastigiata aurea. (Ever¬ 
green, to 30') Leaves variegated with yellow. Plants, 12" to 15", 
B & B, $10.00 each. 
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