. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. ON TREES AND SHRUBS. 479 the variety named robusia is much more so, and worthy of a place amongst choice weeping trees. Of Yews, Taxus baccata Dovasioni (Fig. 306) is very effective. T. b. IT. aurea pendula, with pale green leaves, striped and margined with golden-yellow, is equally handsome. T. b. pendula is a splendid shrub for small gardens. Worked on stocks a few feet from the ground its pendulous branches fall evenly on all sides, and soon assume an umbrella-like form; its foliage is of. Fig. 306.—Taxus baccata
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. ON TREES AND SHRUBS. 479 the variety named robusia is much more so, and worthy of a place amongst choice weeping trees. Of Yews, Taxus baccata Dovasioni (Fig. 306) is very effective. T. b. IT. aurea pendula, with pale green leaves, striped and margined with golden-yellow, is equally handsome. T. b. pendula is a splendid shrub for small gardens. Worked on stocks a few feet from the ground its pendulous branches fall evenly on all sides, and soon assume an umbrella-like form; its foliage is of. Fig. 306.—Taxus baccata Dovastoni. the darkest green. One of the most beautiful and useful ot weeping trees is the pendulous form of Ilex Aquifolium; its deep glossy green leaves are always pleasing, and the bright red berries add colour to it in winter. J. A. argentea pendula has long arching shoots clothed with grey and soft green foliage. Another beautiful silver-leaved kind is /. A. pendula picta. Of golden-leaved sorts /. A. pendula aurea is deserving of Wider culture, being of free growth and very Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Drury, William D. , 1857-1928; Abbott, J. M. London, L. U. Gill; New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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