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Book: A treatise on the theory and practice of landscape gardening, adapted to North America,1841
Chapter: Section V. Evergreen Ornamental

Yew Taxus baccata Irish Yew Tilia b. fastigiata

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There are several beautiful varieties of the Yew (Taxus baccata) cultivated in the nurseries; the Irish Yew (T. b. fastigiata), remarkable for its dark green foliage, and very handsome, upright growth, and the Yellow berried Yew (T. b. fructo-flava), are the most ornamental.