This often goes under the name of Japan yew in our collections; but a correspondent of the London Garden says it was a chance seedling of the common English yew, found in the nursery of Messrs. Dickson of the Chester nurseries. It was named T. brevifolia when first sent out by Messrs. Dickson, but Mr. Knight, of the Chelsea nurseries, named it T. adpressa. The Oregon yew is Taxus brevifolia, so that even as the Latin name of a variety, adpressa should be retained for this curious and pretty plant.