There is not much en- couragement for silver leaved variegations in our ornamental trees, - the white portions dying under hot suns. But golden tints prove fast colors, as the ladies say, - and the more we see of them the more we admire. Again, while silver variegated plants are usually more tender than the originals, the Goldens are usually hardier. Among coni-ferae there are now a large number of golden kinds, but none are more beautiful than the Golden Yew. It keeps very yellow - the brightest golden yellow that one can desire; and even when the yellows fade somewhat, as all do at times, this keeps bright longer than any other of the same family. At this writing (July) they are very bright in their glimmer of gold. Recently, on the grounds of the late Robert Buist, of Rosedale we saw a large plant 15 feet or more high, over which a Virginia Creeper had been permitted to run and cover all except a foot or two of the Yew branches that pushed up above the mass of vegetation formed by the vine. At first glance it was taken for a plant of the Kolreuteria paniculata; but what appeared to be the graceful pendulous branches and the early period of the year for flowering, led to the curiosity that discovered the real nature of the plant.

Now, we cannot recommend any one to spoil a fine plant of this Yew by allowing a Virginia Creeper to run over it, - and yet we are free to say that the unique beauty of this combination is enough to almost reconcile one to such a sacrifice.