. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . d with Yewsseems inclined to concede that theyare, many of them, among the hand-somest and most useful of evergreens. Just now thewriter is thinking of a group of them lie saw in earlySummer of last year, prominent among which were sev-eral of the golden-leaved Irish Yew, so-called—Taxusbaccata hibernica. It was the season which sees the perfecting of the newgrowth of this evergreen. It is noted for the very dark Taxus hibernicaaurea should be placed ahead of C. Libani in thi
. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . d with Yewsseems inclined to concede that theyare, many of them, among the hand-somest and most useful of evergreens. Just now thewriter is thinking of a group of them lie saw in earlySummer of last year, prominent among which were sev-eral of the golden-leaved Irish Yew, so-called—Taxusbaccata hibernica. It was the season which sees the perfecting of the newgrowth of this evergreen. It is noted for the very dark Taxus hibernicaaurea should be placed ahead of C. Libani in this respect hasnot been apparent to many. But, as a lovely tree,atlantica deserves all praise, especially the variety knownas glauca. It forms a large tree of the outline of abroad pyramid, with light, silvery foliage. There is nowoffered in European lists a golden-leaved variety, aureait is called. One may well imagine how handsome sucha Cedar would be. Its addition to our present list ofCedrus species would be welcomed. Seeds are relied on to increase stock, and graftingfor varieties. Succeeding withGooseberries. Spiraea Reevesii, double flowered green of its leaves at all seasons, but in late Spring orearly Summer, the golden part of its foliage is at itsliest, and then the contrast of green and gold is particu-larly charming. This, of course, is true of all the sev-eral golden-leaved Yews, but in hibernica aurea there isthe tall pillar-like growth of from (iff. to 8ft. high tobe considered as well. VVilth many evergreens there areother sorts to replace a particular kind, in ease of need,but could any other Yew take the place of hibernicaaurea? The Winter season is considered the best for propa-gating Yews from cuttings. Make proper lengths of lastseasons shoots and place them in sand, in gentle heat,in the greenhouse. They should be rooted by Spring. The term Cedar is used as the com-mon name of several evergreens, butit is properly applied only to theCedrus species, such a
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