. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 1772 TAXODIUM TAXUS of which the following are the most important: Var. fastigiatum, Knight. With slender, upright, virgate bran, lies sparingly ramified. Var. microphyllum, Carr. Shrub, with short spreading branches;
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 1772 TAXODIUM TAXUS of which the following are the most important: Var. fastigiatum, Knight. With slender, upright, virgate bran, lies sparingly ramified. Var. microphyllum, Carr. Shrub, with short spreading branches; the lateral branchlets with typical foliage, those of the longer branches gradually passing toward the end into small, scale - like, imbricate lvs. Var. nanum, Carr. Dwarf, shrubby form, with numer- ous short branches. Var. nutans, Ait. Branches spreading, long and slender, nodding at the tips. Var. pendulum novum, P. Smith. A graceful form with slen- der, pendulous branchlets. Var. pyramidatum, Carr. Narrow pyramidal form with short ascending branches. T. mucronatum, A. Ten. (T. \i,..-miiin. Carr.). Tall tree, annually 170 ft. high, with a diame- lvs. Me G. 2469. Bald Cypress dium distichui (Natural size of lvs. inch long.) tl'i^i rgreen. F. 3:155. III. 12:647 }i,t,ri>y>h!iUuM, Brongn. (Glyp- tostrobus heterophyllus, Endl.). Shrub, 10 ft. high: lower branches pendulous: lvs. linear and scale - like on the same plant; cones ovoid, ,!-i in. long. China. Tender and rarely cult. Often confounded witli vars. of T. distichum. Alfred Rehder. TAXUS (ancient Latin name of the Yew). Conifercc. Yew. Ornamental evergreen trees or shrubs, with 2- ranked linear leaves, insignificant flowers and showy berry-like red fruits. The best known species is T. baccata, which is hardy as far north as Rhode Island and northwestern New York, while T. euspidata and T. Canadensis are considerably hardier and thrive as far north as Canada; the other species are little known in cultivation.
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