Cephalotaxus
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Read about Cephalotaxus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Cephalotaxus (Greek, head; Toxus-like plant, with fls. in heads or clusters). Taxaceae. Yew-like plants, grown for their handsome evergreen foliage. Trees or shrubs, with evergreen linear pointed lvs. with 2 broad, glaucous lines beneath, arranged in 2 rows: fls. dioecious, staminate in 1-8-fld., short-stalked clusters, pistillate consisting of a small cone with several bracts, each bearing 2 naked ovules: seed inclosed in a fleshy envelope, drupe-like, about 1 in. long, reddish or greenish brown. From allied genera it may be easily distinguished by the resin-canal in the center of the pith; and by the glaucous lines beneath from Taxus, which has the lvs. yellowish green beneath; and from Torreya by the glaucous lines being broader than the 3 green lines, while in Torreya the glaucous lines are narrower than the green ones.—Six closely allied species from Himalayas to Japan. These are ornamental evergreen shrubs, in appearance very like a yew, but of more graceful habit. Not hardy North, or only in very sheltered positions. They thrive best in a somewhat moist but well-drained sandy loam, and in partly shaded situations. Propagated by seeds, stratified and sown in spring; imported seeds usually do not germinate until the second year; increased also by cuttings in August, under glass, and by veneer-grafting in summer, on one of the species or on Taxus baccata. For cions and cuttings, terminal shoots should be chosen; which form regular plants with whorled branches like seedlings, while cuttings from lateral branches grow into irregular, low, spreading shrubs.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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