. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. 124 The Yews entire on the margin and tapering to the short, yellowish leaf-stalk; they are thick and leathery, dark yellowish green and shining above, paler, with a prominent yel- lowish midrib, beneath. The flowers are bright yellow, the scales subtending the staminate ovate, those of the pistillate flowers broader. The cup surround- ing the fleshy seed is globose, 8 to 12 mm. long and brownish red. The wood is hard, br
. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. 124 The Yews entire on the margin and tapering to the short, yellowish leaf-stalk; they are thick and leathery, dark yellowish green and shining above, paler, with a prominent yel- lowish midrib, beneath. The flowers are bright yellow, the scales subtending the staminate ovate, those of the pistillate flowers broader. The cup surround- ing the fleshy seed is globose, 8 to 12 mm. long and brownish red. The wood is hard, brittle, but strong and elastic, close-grained, bright light red; its specific gravity is about It is very durable, and takes a fine poUsh and is used for fence-posts, fancy cabinet work, bows, canoe paddles, and by the Indians for spear-handles, and many other useful purposes. It is planted to some extent on the Pacific slope and in Europe for ornament, but does not thrive in the eastern States. 2. FLORIDA YEW —Taxus floridana NuttaU A much smaller tree, often a shrub, occurring with Torreya on river banks, in a limited area of Gadsden county, Florida, where it is also called Yew and Savin, and attains a maximum height of meters with a trunk diameter of 3 ' Fig. 96. — Florida Yew. The trunk is short. The branches are stout and spreading, nearly horizontal. The bark is about 3 mm. thick, smooth and close, except on very old trees, when it sometimes separates irregularly into thin flat scales of a dark purplish brown color. The twigs are slender, yellowish green, becoming dull brown or reddish. The buds are about 4 mm. long; their imbricated scales are Ught yellow. The. 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 Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Shafer, John Adolph. New York : H. Holt
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