T AXUS is one of the most 
useful plants that have ever 
been brought into American gar¬ 
dens. As a specimen, the upright 
form, after a period of years, de¬ 
velops into a beautifully shaped 
evergreen tree which if not 
sheared too closely will, late in 
the season, carry quantities of 
the brilliant red berries shown in 
the color picture on the opposite 
page, and for a beautiful, per¬ 
manent evergreen hedge there 
just isn’t anything to equal this 
same upright form of the Japa¬ 
nese Yew. 
In addition to Taxus cuspi- 
data capitata discussed and pic¬ 
tured on these two pages, we 
have a number of other varieties 
of Taxus with varied uses. One 
can make an unusually satis¬ 
factory foundation planting 
using Yews exclusively; in fact, 
they are the safest evergreen to 
use on the north side of a house. 
BEAUTY • • • 
RUTHERFORD, J. 
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