This section is from the book "Garden Trees and Shrubs", by Walter P. Wright. Also available from Amazon: Garden Trees And Shrubs Illustrated In Colour.
References to this useful genus will be found in Chapters 9. and 18.
Cedrus. See Chapter 17.
Scandens is a hardy deciduous climber with yellow flowers in May. Articulatus is not worth growing for its flowers, but the red fruits are pretty. It should have plenty of room. Ordinary soil.
Occidentalis is a hardy deciduous climber with greenish flowers in spring. Ordinary soil.
Occidentalis, the Button Wood, grows up to seven feet high and bears white flowers in summer. It likes peaty soil.
Of the Chinese Yews, drupacea, Fortunei and pedunculata with its variety fastigiata (syn. Taxus japonica), are offered. They are small Conifers, rarely more than ten feet high.
Chapter 17. is devoted to Conifers, and references to Conifers for lawns are made in Chapter 14. The claim of the Cephalotaxus for inclusion may be considered in connection with other Conifers described.
 
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