| 单词 | yew |
| 例句 | But there was nothing to be seen but clustering bushes and water weeds and low-hanging boughs of yew. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Celaena ran her fingers along the smooth curve of her yew bow. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Outside, rain and a high wind, tearing through the yew trees. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z And there was no voice, just the wind passing through the yew trees, just the occasional lapping of water against the hull. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Shall we look under the yew tree first?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He raised the old yew wand: How fitting that this would be its last great act. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z And the yew tree hovering over the graveyard like a sleeping giant. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z The yew tree is the most important of all the healing trees, it said. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z “You have driven away my business with your preachings. You have refused me the yew tree, my best source of healing. You have turned this village against me.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Enlisting the aid of the beaver’s highly capable molars, the badger left him gnawing away at a yew sapling in the orchard while she went off to find an arrow that would fit her brainchild. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Bod wandered over to the northwestern part of the graveyard, to the tangle of ivy that hung from a yew tree and half-blocked the far exit from the Egyptian Walk. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z But Fiver was not under the yew tree. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It snaked around the Sitka spruces and the hemlocks, the yews and the maples. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z It is now or never, the yew tree said. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z The yew hedges muffled the sound of the men’s footsteps. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He was still on the hill behind his house, nestled in the roots of the yew tree towering over him. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Conor could also see the great yew tree that rose from the center of the graveyard, a tree so ancient it almost seemed to be made of the same stone as the church. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z “We’re going to carry the yew berries home in our mouths and eat them in the great burrow. Your friends must learn to do that if they want to go our way.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z On each side stood a sable bush—holly or yew. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The roof was made of the interlaced sprays of the yew tree, stiff twigs twisted in and out, over and under, hard as ice and set with dull red berries. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Up the drive, and at the back of the house, bunched between the yew trees, were the great bushes of rhododendron. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “Looking at that yew tree every day, it felt like I had a friend out there who’d help me if things got to their worst.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z He pointed; and far down the avenue of yews we saw a white figure advance—a dim white figure, which held something dark at its breast. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Yew trees grow in graveyards cause the Devil hates the smell of yew, Mr. Broadwas told me. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z There the yew bows were made and repaired; staves for lances and pikestaffs were cut. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z They were armed with short broad-bladed swords, not with the curved scimitars usual with Orcs; and they had bows of yew, in length and shape like the bows of Men. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Every inch of his bedroom floor was covered in short, spiky yew tree leaves. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z With the help of the beaver, Constance bent the yew sapling against the Abbey wall and strung it to the right tension. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z A magpie flew up as she walked in, a flash of black and white and iridescent green, and settled in the branches of a yew tree, watching her. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z He went through the yew trees and hesitated by the copse. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Yes, fine, on the parsonage grounds, there also grew a yew tree. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z He was sitting half concealed under the low spread of a yew tree on the edge of the copse, some way from the holes of the warren. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The moon was still large and the clouds thin as they raced away after the storm, so there was some light from the sky; but under the yew trees it was horribly dark. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The projecting point of one strand had lacerated his neck and drops of blood, dark and red as yew berries, welled one by one down his shoulder. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun was out and the sky too bright a blue to look at as the snow melted off the yews and came clumping down. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z From twine and yew wood they’d made miniature bows; they’d used the hollow cedar as a kind of fort and run up and down the hillside shooting at each other. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It was there he found the paper falcon, hanging like an ornament in the yew bush. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Now, the Apothecary wanted the yew tree very badly. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z As they moved closer, they could see branches of cypress and yew hanging down low over the water, dark green, dense, and gloomy. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “You may have the yew tree,” the parson said. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z The yew had stood on this ground long before it was set aside for the church. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z He went out of the front door, and then around to the back of the house, through the yew trees. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Conor’s house was still behind him, but the mist covered his backyard, replacing it with a field with a giant yew in the center and a man and a woman sleeping at its base. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z “How lucky we are to be born in the ‘A’ nest don’t yew think, and wouldn’t it be awful to be one of those old B’s.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The prince watched her for a moment, then wrapped a blanket around himself and went to their horse, tied to one of the yew tree’s branches. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z They found him under the yew tree and after a rather stormy scene, during which Bigwig grew rough and impatient, he was bullied rather than persuaded into going down with them into the great burrow. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “You said the yew tree would heal her, but it didn’t!” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z The yew is a healing tree, the monster said. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z He turned back to the yew tree, standing there, not moving. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z I expected him to give the Apothecary the yew tree when the Apothecary first asked. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z The yews sprawled, yellowish and ungainly; the stone steps had the grimy, unswept look of a city institution. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z But then Cain stepped up to the white line painted at the back of the room, drew back his yew bow, his black ring glinting, and fired. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The parson’s house was still before them, and Conor saw the yew tree next to it awaken into the monster and set ferociously on the parsonage. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z There was the yew tree standing guard over its cemetery. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z I walked back to Monmouth House through the snow and went to my room and thought, or, rather, didn’t think, but sat on my bed and stared out the window at the ice-rimed yews below. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The moon was forming the yew trees into weird shapes. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z But still Fiver sat alone under the yew tree. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Kingshaw went out of the house by the back door, and down the path through the yew trees, towards the entrance to the copse. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “Yes. A yew tree gives good shelter, you know.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z His floor was covered in poisonous red yew tree berries. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z He went out of the back door, and skirted the path, through the yew trees. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z In the street, near the great yew, they found Duny the bronze-smith's son standing by himself, bearing no hurt, but speechless and stupid like one stunned. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z They were standing instead in a dark and overgrown graveyard; the black outline of a small church was visible beyond a large yew tree to their right. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The light, full and smooth, lay like a gold rind over the turf, the furze and yew bushes, the few wind-stunted thorn trees. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A sailor fetched him down his tall yew bow and quiver of arrows, but it was the captain's daughter who brought the pack with his good clothing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A big lit globe shone on either side of the doorway, above twin frost-tipped yews, which in turn set off a short, wide staircase. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z But yes, I would have let the yew tree be chopped down. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z And here, he heard the yew tree say behind him, is the fourth tale. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z After a moment, Kingshaw glanced away, turned slowly, and went up between the yew trees and into the house, by the back door. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z There was a slight, persistent movement of wind through the yew tree branches, and the elms and oaks of the copse, and a rustling of the high grasses in the field. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “Well, if you can believe it,” his mum continued, not noticing, “this drug is actually made from yew trees.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z He could even pick out the dots of furze bushes and stunted yew trees on the steep slopes. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A narrow path led down between the yew trees into a small copse. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z And he lifted his head to the great yew tree and he spoke. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Malcolm brought the canoe up onto the lank and sodden grass under a yew tree, tied the painter urgently to the nearest branch, and hastened to fix the hoops into their brackets. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Silence once more; nothing was stirring, not even the leaves on the yew tree. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Even though it walked and talked, even though it was bigger than his house and could swallow him in one bite, the monster was still, at the end of the day, just a yew tree. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z And so one night, the prince and the farmer's daughter raced away on horseback, stopping only at dawn to sleep in the shade of a giant yew tree. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Edmund Hooper thought, I don’t want anything to be done about it, nobody must come here, as he walked between the yew trees at the bottom of the garden. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z "Older far / Than oldest yew, -/ As our hills are" ... dawn in the Brecon Beacons. Poem of the week: Words by Edward Thomas 2013-02-25T10:51:18Z The Botanic Garden alone, the oldest in the country, could absorb an entire day, and even in November intoxicated me with its grasses, dahlias, salvias, English yews and something called “purple bush.” In Search of Oxford 2014-03-21T16:22:35Z For a project at a London townhouse, yews clipped into massive rectangles are lined up colonnade-style, framing an impeccable tapis vert that is reached by ascending a broad flight of limestone steps. Rooms With a View 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z She knows her plant names: bleeding hearts, trilliums, Hicks yew hedge. Pamela Anderson’s Garden of Eden 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z So we made our wet way through the circular maze of yews and into the stunning castle, which elegantly bridges the Cher River. A quick offseason visit to the Loire Valley, birthplace of the French Renaissance 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z The main elements here — displayed on and against striped pedestals and walls — are sculptures carved in lustrous woods like cherry, walnut, acacia, yew and pear. Claudia Comte: ‘No Melon No Lemon’ 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z In the midst of his life crumbling around him, Connor is visited at night by a giant talking yew tree monster. Fantasy meets tragedy in surreal drama 'A Monster Calls' 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z "Finding directions from the stars is great, but the beacon-friendliness of Venus on a night like that, announcing itself through even the tangled black yew branches, was joyous." 'The Natural Navigator': The age-old art of navigating by the stars 2011-03-03T00:40:04Z Half-hidden by yew trees, it has a withdrawn or injured look. 'Jesus, Ralph, you're dangerous' | Rupert Thomson 2010-03-27T00:36:00Z But as he steps toward her, she quickly fades from view, “and he was left alone by the yew tree, in the winter wind.” ‘Winter’: a passionate reimagining of Thomas Hardy’s troubled love life 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z A yew, perhaps, the berries of which aren't good for you, I believe? Last night's TV 2012-12-10T22:00:01Z A new tree of a different species — a yew pine, chosen by Harrison’s family — is slated to replace the original Canary Island pine tree in a small-scale ceremony near Griffith Observatory. George Harrison memorial tree, killed by beetles, to be replaced today 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z Part of what keeps the reader connected to this book through the beeches, yews, oaks, hazels and the like is Mr. Mabey’s way with words. Review: In ‘The Cabaret of Plants,’ Richard Mabey Demonstrates Their Richness 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z But this was an old yew hedge with holes. The odd tale of Britain’s wall — a hedge — across a swath of India 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z There is a powerful image of a yew tree that inhabits an estate in Scotland named Dundonnell House. Dull fall may sharpen our tree planting skills Reddish wood from local yew trees was used for walls and doors. Architecture: Wang Shu of China Advocates Sustainable Architecture 2012-08-09T15:29:52Z She described the moment she knew she would remain there: “I stood between two ancient yew trees,” she told me, and received guidance that “something deep will come out of you here.” The Weird, Mystic Pull of Southwest England 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z Winter is the smell of freshly cut ivy or yew and the childish excitement of finding that first, crisp layer of fine ice on a puddle. Nigel Slater: ‘I love the crackle of winter’ 2017-10-08T04:00:00Z "F**k is yew dumb? I took tew steps that split yew and him," I shot back. Don't tell me my accent doesn't exist 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z I was drawn to the effulgent green moss, the old, sprawling yews, the buzz of spotting a nuthatch or goldcrest or sparrowhawk. Ecological grief: I mourn the loss of nature – it saved me from addiction 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z The Botanic Garden alone, the oldest in the country, could absorb an entire day, and even in autumn intoxicates with its grasses, dahlias, salvias, English yews and something called “purple bush.” Exploring Oxford, the ultimate university town 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z "I'm from Baltimore! Tew, dew, and yew is all I know!" Don't tell me my accent doesn't exist 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z "Mwa-ha-ha, soon everything will be mine," cried Cropper, as a gothic storm broke and a yew tree pinned him to the ground. Digested classic: Possession by AS Byatt 2010-07-09T13:17:00Z So when we’re supposed to revel in her discovery of an ancient yew tree in Scotland, which she experiences in almost spiritual terms, her joy feels as unknowable as she is. Down but Not Out: Fiction Filled With Second Chances 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z Here, he created an oasis anchored by a bushy Japanese yew, which shelters benches, and a tall, red-barked Japanese umbrella pine. A Garden Crawl Through the Garden State 2010-06-24T21:42:00Z Lawns were divided by hedges of yew and rhododendron and paths bordered by brilliant flowers, specimen magnolias, cypresses and conifers. The Bloomsbury Bohemians in the British Countryside 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z A taller hedging of yews offers screening from the street and textural contrast to the shorter, tightly clipped boxwood hedges. Laurelhurst garden is a study in grace with subtle color and good geometry 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z Evergreen candidates include red cedars, laurels, Chindo viburnums, Japanese cedars and upright yews. The odd tale of Britain’s wall — a hedge — across a swath of India 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z It was under a yew tree at Runnymede in Berkshire that the Magna Carta was signed. Capture the history of Britain's ancient trees 2011-08-01T06:00:01Z He responds to the crowd's approval with hearty "Thank yew!" Paul Banks – review 2013-01-23T15:16:00Z He often said I was beautiful, but throughout our 20 years of marriage, he could never say he loved me without entering the persona of a dumb cowboy: “Ah luv yew.” My Marriage: A Course in Desert Survival 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z But, as Conor ultimately learns, only “yew” can help yourself—by facing up to the unreconciled inner conflicts and mixed emotions that are represented in dreams and nightmares, and taking their lessons to heart. “A Monster Calls” and the Stifling Lessons of Children’s Movies 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Off to the side stood a single yew and a single box corralled on their own island—trees that had weathered the storms and that may actually be seedlings of trees planted by Le Nôtre. The Shoes of Le Nôtre 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z But by day the park is beautiful, with “giant rhododendrons, yew hedges in the shape of giant gumdrops, and Pacific dogwoods with dense, bright-white flowers.” Books of The Times: ‘Y’ by Marjorie Celona 2013-01-09T19:43:08Z Conifers include familiar evergreen trees such as pines, spruces, firs, cedars, sequoias, and yews. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Like other yews, this plant tolerates full sun to full shade, but more sun or bright open shade produces the most luminous color. This 3-plant color recipe for the spring garden shines with sunny yellow 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z The owner of a former village chapel has been fined after removing historic yew trees without permission. Great Dalby: Man fined after trees felled outside former chapel 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Still, Christmas trees sprayed with pesticides or other chemical compounds are dangerous to consume, and yew trees, which some people purchase during Christmas, are poisonous. Ready to discard your Christmas tree? You could eat it instead. 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z At the heart of the couple’s place is the sun garden, a rectangular room defined by yew hedging that gets shorn in early July. If you slow down and pay attention, there’s much to be learned during a fall garden cleanup 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z A "magnificent" Surrey yew tree which is thought to be more than 500 years old has been named the Woodland Trust's Tree of the Year. Tree of the Year: 'Magnificent' Surrey yew wins vote 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z For an informal garden composition, place the yew off-center, flanked by the abelia to one side. This 3-plant color recipe for the spring garden shines with sunny yellow 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z How better to brighten and lighten the deep richness of yew, fir, camellia, rhododendron and hemlock than with vivid yellow and gold? These plants with golden foliage create sunshine in the garden 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z This drug was discovered in the bark of the pacific yew tree. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z In Ness’s story, at 12:07 a.m. most nights, the yew tree on a nearby hill grows arms, legs and a face; it then marches up to Conor’s window to give him advice, often unwelcome. Bringing ‘A Monster Calls’ from the page to the stage 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z The yew will go on to represent the UK in the European Tree of the Year competition. Tree of the Year: 'Magnificent' Surrey yew wins vote 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z In November 2021 Storm Arwen knocked down over a third of it in one night, including dozens of ancient oaks and yew trees. How 8 million trees were brought down in one winter 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z The UK is home to the world's largest collection of ancient yew trees, with some estimated by researchers to be as old as 5,000 years old, such as Powys' Defynnog Yew. Trees as old as the pyramids 'should be revered' 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z Furthermore, fungal species feeding on yew trees, from which the anti-cancer drug paclitaxel is derived from the bark, have acquired the ability to make paclitaxel themselves, a clear example of gene transfer. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Manicured box hedging and variegated holly columns provide year-round heft to the landscape, along with a windmill palm, topiary forms, yew hedges and a golden hinoki cypress. This meticulously planned and planted Queen Anne garden changes for the seasons in colorful echoes of a restored Victorian home 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z The roots of the yew are growing into and around the ruins of the English Heritage site, Waverley Abbey - the first Cistercian monastery founded in Britain 900 years ago, the Woodlands Trust said. Tree of the Year: 'Magnificent' Surrey yew wins vote 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z The Iceman’s survival gear included a longbow of yew, a quiver of arrows, a copper ax and a kind of crude first-aid kit full of plants with powerful pharmacological properties. As Earth Warms, Human History Is Melting Away 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z He said it took out a number of trees including a yew thought to date back hundreds of years. Strong winds bring down trees and close roads 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z Behind the house, heleniums, Salvia Amistad and dahlias bring late summer color to the yew border. At Her Home in Suffolk, Olivia Laing Finds Fresh Inspiration 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z It happened on Beacon Hill Drive, a quiet suburban street lined with yew trees and white picket fences, as the officer was working on a traffic detail alongside a utility crew. New York police officer OK after 'unprovoked' stabbing attack in Dobbs Ferry, chief says 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z Standing now among the yew trees of the Shanaglish cemetery, I resolved at least to inquire. Opinion | I Brought My Mother Home to Ireland 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z The witches' brew from Shakespeare's "Macbeth" even cited "slips of yew, silvered in the moon's eclipse" as a main ingredient. When a little bit of poison is good for you: Inside the theory of dose response 2021-01-03T05:00:00Z Holm showed Jackson, using his own adze that he had made from yew wood, with a thin handle that flexed. Bill Holm, a giant of Native Northwest Coast art, dies at 95 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z Left alone, each would grow into a fully formed pine, yew or other tree. Indianapolis Zoo’s new Bonsai exhibit spotlights living art 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z A sycamore laced with shoes, an oak bound in chains and a 1,000-year-old yew are among the contenders for England's Tree of the Year 2020. Shortlist of England's top trees revealed 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z The long central garden uses yew hedges and walls to create "rooms" for studying and socialising. Post-war landscapes given protected status 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z Some of the popular choices in Seattle include bamboo, arborvitae, boxwood and Pacific yew. Screens: The most cost-effective way to gain privacy, conceal eyesores | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z Whether on handmade yew needles passed on from their elders or made on a loom, the pieces the two made helped sustain a culture of weaving that was almost lost. Bill James, hereditary chief at Lummi, master weaver, dies at age 75 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z The trees had blown there by chance, rather than being planted by human hands, and some were yew trees: I was warned not to touch them. Opinion | I Had a Gloriously Wild Childhood. That’s Why I Wrote ‘How to Train Your Dragon.’ 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z In the end, the tyrant was run through with a sword of yew wood and buried upside down, which seemed to put an end to his after-life appearances. Never mind Transylvania, Dracula was Irish 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z A smaller but not inconsiderable number, including the sequoias and certain yews, oaks, cypresses, and junipers, survive for thousands. The Past and the Future of the Earth’s Oldest Trees 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z Tiny prostrate yews are set against a chartreuse hydrangea. As he does for his Ballard shop, Curtis Steiner curates the uncommon for his own garden 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z The Himalayan yew tree, from which one of my chemotherapy drugs is harvested, has been endangered since 2011. Life as a cancer patient: ‘I was corroded, I was mutilated, I was uncertain, I was not OK’ 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z If possible, select a species or variety whose natural shape approximates its intended shape: Densa yew for a low sphere, or Pyramidalis yew for an obelisk, as examples. Topiary tips: When you want shrubs to double as sculpture 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z “By age 12 I knew all of the woods, oak, mahogany, walnut, elm, yew.” His auctioneering career began with wrangling pigs. Now he runs an auction house 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z In North Yorkshire at Harlow Carr, curator Paul Cook says the yew trees are in full flower, plenty of early rhododendrons are flowering and the quality and amount of flowers is outstanding. Hedgehogs to swimsuits: How a warm winter affects us all 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Hernandez works with a variety of woods - including bamboo, ash, yew, osage and mesquite - and uses sinew, horn, snake skin, javelina rawhide and deer rawhide to back the bow. Retired West Texas coach makes bows, Native American replica 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z The attractive needles on this narrow columnar yew project a golden radiance all winter. Give your containers a seasonal makeover 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z McMahan said he went along the trail with fire teams and sought ways to limit damage to the yew trees and the forest overall. Hikers dismayed by cut to old-growth forest trail in Oregon 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Angela Rossmann of Boise, who pushed for a yew ban and called for the rulemaking effort, wasn’t surprised by the decision “just because there’s so much controversy around it,” she said. Idaho officials decline to ban toxic landscaping shrub 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Another 50 pronghorn were found dead in the small western Idaho city of Payette after they nibbled on Japanese yew, a landscaping shrub that’s toxic. Brutal western US winter has been terrible for animals 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z He starts getting nightly visits from a yew tree that’s visible from his bedroom window. With ‘A Monster Calls,’ the season of tearjerkers continues 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Fish and Game is asking homeowners with Japanese yew on their property to remove it. Poisonous ornamental plant blamed for elk deaths near Boise 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z Instead, he takes refuge in drawing, and in the monster — a creature who bursts from the ancient yew tree outside his window, voiced by Liam Neeson — who visits him late at night, offering stories. Review ‘A Monster Calls’: A bullied boy takes refuge in drawing — and in a monster 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z “The yew species associated with the current rulemaking do not share any of the characteristics in common with all other noxious weeds on the list,” ISDA’s analysis says. Idaho officials decline to ban toxic landscaping shrub 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Game Commission wildlife veterinarian Justin Brown says he’s not aware of another case of black bear deaths from yew poisoning. Family of bears killed after ingesting poisonous plant 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z Officials say the 300-pound sow and her cubs were known to frequent populated areas, where yew typically grow, and the bears were likely foraging for food. Family of bears likely killed from eating poisonous plant 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z Also, keep small children away from poisonous seasonal plants like mistletoe, holly berries, yew plants and poinsettias. Keep kids away from medications, alcohol, poisonous plants 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z This attractive yew creates a striking contrast with new growth that emerges bright golden yellow, backed with rich forest-green needles in the interior. For a privacy screen or container centerpiece, yew trees and shrubs are a great choice 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z The Idaho State Department of Agriculture on Monday completed its negotiated-rulemaking process for a proposed rule banning certain species of yew plants as noxious weeds. Idaho officials decline to ban toxic landscaping shrub 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z The 300-pound sow and her cubs were known to frequent populated areas, where yew typically grow, and the bears were likely foraging for food as they prepared for hibernation. Family of bears killed after ingesting poisonous plant 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z Game Commission veterinarian Justin Brown says he’s not aware of another case of black bear deaths from yew poisoning. Family of bears likely killed from eating poisonous plant 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z A large evergreen that was dripping sap onto the statue was removed, replaced by Irish yews. On Massachusetts Avenue NW, an old statue gets a new look 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z The one requirement for all yews is good drainage. For a privacy screen or container centerpiece, yew trees and shrubs are a great choice 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z The deaths last winter and the rulemaking process helped spread the word about the poisonous qualities of yews, which are used heavily in yards and public spaces as evergreens in shady areas. Idaho officials decline to ban toxic landscaping shrub 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Just hours before the Hailey homeowner discovered the animal, 10 elk found their way into the Hailey Cemetery and died from eating the toxic Japanese yew. Elk searching for food causing problems in Idaho 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z Until recently the yew was male, its boughs holding little capsules of pollen. A 5,000-year-old tree changes sex 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z It is difficult to calculate the age of ancient yews, as their annual growth rings rot away. Berries show ancient Fortingall yew tree is 'changing sex' - BBC News 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z The proposal would replace a Deodar Cedar tree that is obscuring the sculpture with three eight- to 10-foot-tall Irish yew trees. D.C. news in brief 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Landscaping yews aren’t native to Idaho - most are varieties of Japanese or European/English yews. Idaho officials decline to ban toxic landscaping shrub 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Friday when scores of curious onlookers, mostly wearing backpacks, began to line the yew hedges around Columbia’s South Lawn, snapping pictures of a sight unfamiliar to these grounds for decades. Long Hidden Away, Columbia’s Football Program Is Put on Display 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z A post-mortem examination showed the cows, aged 16 months, died as a result of toxins found in yew and leylandii tree cuttings. Police hunt man over 'Conwy cow fly-tipping deaths' - BBC News 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z Their seeds will be included in a project to conserve the genetic diversity of yew trees around the world. Berries show ancient Fortingall yew tree is 'changing sex' - BBC News 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z The yews would be kept at a height and diameter that would prevent damage to the Emmet statue. D.C. news in brief 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Made from a single piece of wood, traditionally yew, the longbow became famous on the battlefields of Europe in the 14th and 15th Centuries. Ye olde retail therapy: Shopping on history's high street - BBC News 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z The design of the coffin, carved from English oak and yew over about three weeks, “is simple but elegant,” Ibsen said. England prepares a funeral fit for a king 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z People can still climb up inside the yew's trunk. 'Tree of the Year' shortlist issued 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z In the late 20th century, biologists discovered that the bark of the Himalayan yew tree contains traces of a blockbuster chemotherapy drug, Taxol. From Accused Terrorist to Medical Adventurer It is incredible to think that some of the yew trees in our churchyards are older than our faith itself - dating back thousands of years. Church campaign to protect yew trees 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z “I lost about 20 yews this winter that were at least 30 years old. They’re all dead.” Slow Exit of the Midwest’s Winter Buries Gardens in a Deep Freeze 2014-05-10T00:46:05Z He used "classical plants," he says, like yew and boxwood. Inside Louis Benech's Gardens 2014-05-02T11:21:05Z The yew is thought to be more than 350 years old, with a span of 200 yards. 'Tree of the Year' shortlist issued 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z "We are looking for the oldest and largest oaks, limes, yews, some species of maples and other trees," said Milarch. UK's ancient forests could spread again thanks to plan to clone 'super-trees' 2013-06-30T08:00:04Z Who would dream of planting yew and turning it into a Chinese pagoda?” The Saturday Profile: William Christie Opens Gate to World All His Own 2012-10-20T08:20:05Z They wandered along the paths shaded by yews and willows, and Sylvia told him many things about her life; he was the easiest person to talk to that she had ever met. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z Box, yew, privet and many other plants are used for ornamental hedging; in the United States the osage orange and honey locust are favourite hedge plants. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z The finalists include seven oaks, two yews and an apple tree. 'Tree of the Year' shortlist issued 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z It is said to have been built of pine and yew, and to have contained beds enough to accommodate a small army. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z The garden is a palette of greens, with relatively few flowers, Mr. Hoyland said, built on four basic plants: yew, hornbeam, box and lime trees. The Saturday Profile: William Christie Opens Gate to World All His Own 2012-10-20T08:20:05Z Was not the yew tree, which grew about the ancestral homes generations ago, chosen for the cross-bow because of its toughness and elasticity? A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z At the western end of the village, beyond the alehouse, stood the church, with two or three yews darkening the crowded graveyard. Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel 2012-04-03T02:00:33.630Z His eyes took in the sunny lawn beyond the yew shadow, the still house: the whir of the lawn-mower was music at once pastoral and patriotic. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z They love the people; but they love them at a distance, on the farther side of a park or a high yew hedge. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z "I hate change!" the old man continued, his eyes on the old church, the old timbered house--for only the gateway tower at Coton is of stone--the old yew trees in the churchyard. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z There lay between the two only a strip of formal garden, once set with rows of birds and beasts cut in yew. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z They passed under two dusky yew trees, and then she thrust her big key into the lock of the south door. Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel 2012-04-03T02:00:33.630Z The sky all pink, and the red sunset between the yews, and that good little moon. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z Beneath me I beheld a solemn spot, where the linden, the ash, the sycamore, the cypress, the cedar, the beech, the church-yard yew and hemlock, were clustered together in one mournful company. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z My uncle Toby had scarce turned the corner of his yew hedge, which separated his kitchen-garden from his bowling-green, when he perceived the corporal had begun the attack without him.——— The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2012-03-28T02:00:26.907Z Pad, pad, again through the gloom under the yews! The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z But the most remarkable tree in Selborne, as indeed anywhere in Hampshire, is the noble churchyard yew, mentioned by the naturalist, and still standing to the south-west of the church. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z THE white crescent of the little new moon blinked at us through the yew boughs. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z Can any of your correspondents state what is the greatest number of rings which have been actually counted in any yew, or other tree, which has grown in the British Isles, or elsewhere? Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 108, November 22, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-03-20T02:00:10.797Z Great laurel hedges, alternating with curiously high-clipped yews, and some magnificent elms added to the impression of space, as well as to that sort of pleasant "mystery" without which no garden is thoroughly fascinating. Fairies Afield 2012-03-18T02:00:20.790Z The watcher's strange aspect, his face, white against the dark yews, his stillness, his gesture, a something ominous in all, had shaken him. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z It is still in the perfection of good health, and its foliage wears the dark and lustrous appearance characteristic of the yew when in a thriving state. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z The jugglery in numbers is done by the seventh yew on the left, which hides a shrinking sister in the amplitude of its shadow. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z Giving way to the temptation, I rose quietly, and, stooping below the level of the windows, slipped round the east end of the house, passing between it and the great yew hedge. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z The two stood at the farther end of a long narrow room, in the bay of a large window, that, open to the ground, permitted a view of cool sward and yew hedges. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z Pad, pad, my lord ran under the yew trees, swish, swish across the soaking grass, about the great Butterfly. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z Then he made five bows of yew wood. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z I could see the outline of her lifted chin and her throat against the yew shadows, but I determined to be wise. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z In Morrison's Dictionary, "tar" is translated Pa ma yew: but the Editor finds nothing analogous to Ja pez, which is probably now obsolete. The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof, Volume I (of 2) 2012-03-01T03:00:25.290Z Outside I turned to the left along a shady green alley fenced by hedges of yew, and espying the stable-yard before me, walked boldly across it. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z Thank God, he had left behind him the heavy air and noisome scent of the yews. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z Get yew wood, make a very high fence with it, and stop the eastern slope.” Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z Turners use also plane, laburnum, yew, holly, and box. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z The palm trees we made out of pieces of larch and yew fastened by Plasticine to the tops of elder twigs—and elder twigs have a graceful carriage, not too upright and yet not drooping. Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities 2012-02-26T03:00:14.933Z Oh, Hiram, yew dinged sack o' shucks, the gentleman in 27 is knocking on the floor! Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Lord Audley was within three or four paces of them--the carpet of yew leaves had deadened his footsteps. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z They brought the yew wood and made a very high fence on the eastern slope, and then one on the west, leaving only a narrow gap open. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z Great funereal trees, yews, weeping willows, cypresses, cover them with faithful shadows. Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck 2012-02-19T03:00:16.920Z But if you have not elders and larches and yew trees to command, you can make trees for your city in other ways. Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities 2012-02-26T03:00:14.933Z We gather ivy from the old wall and a spray from the boughs of his dreaming yew, and take our way back to the busy haunts of men. A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z The dark yews shut her in, and involuntarily she shivered. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z He kept his feet therefore, but hesitated in doubt what to do; standing, to outward view a sullen pale-faced child, beside the dark trunk of the yew. A Little Wizard 2012-02-15T03:00:38.160Z Sleeping echoes float about its glades; its leafy nooks can tell of felicities sweeter than the bee-haunted cups of flowers; of glooms graver than the midnight blackness of the immemorial yews. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z You see that yew and larch and elder can be made to look like palm trees, and that shrubs in tubs are really like sprigs of southernwood in cotton reels. Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities 2012-02-26T03:00:14.933Z There are stone crosses all about, and great thickets of roses and yews; "cypresses that stand straight and mute, and willows that hang low and still;" and there are "dim garlands of everlasting flowers." A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z "Did you come through the yews in the dark?" he asked. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z No more sounds from the path behind the yew hedge. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z He omits to note that Loudon and Wise stocked our gardens with more than giants, animals, monsters, &c., in yew and box and holly. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z A large yew tree grew out of the centre of this hedge, which had been clipped to represent a watch tower. The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z Stand beneath the haunted yew, And watch each quiet tomb; And in the ancient churchyard feel Solemnity, not gloom. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z You can see the Walk from here--the yews mark the entrance to the gardens. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z From a path near by, yet secluded behind a thick trim hedge of yew, there sounded a girl's nervous flutter of a laugh, a young man's exultant merriment. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z It was full of long straight walks between hedges of yew and hornbeam, which rose tall and close on every side. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z You know how afraid we were of going near those dark, shadowy yews when we were children. The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z For motors the way lies through Needingworth, and past the pretty little Church of Bluntisham, with its three-sided apse and its churchyard yews. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z A burly, stately figure, he passed across the lawn and disappeared round the corner of the old wing where the yew trees grew close to the walls. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z I saw the little white church set within its stunted, beaten yews, apart in the mid-centre of the valley. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z This seclusion can be got by judicious screening of parts, by shrubberies, or avenues of hazel, or yew, or sweet-scented bay, with perhaps clusters of lilies and hollyhocks, or dwarf Alpine plants and trailers between. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z The yew shrubbery lay at the north end of the cottage, and was divided from the road, by a clipped holly hedge. The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z Plantations of larch are also numerous, and the holly, yew, thorn and juniper flourish locally. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z A noxious tree is the churchyard yew, As if from the dead its sap it drew; Dark are its branches, and dismal to see, Like plumes at Death’s latest solemnity. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z Each of the Crusaders was accorded a cross of yew, and the Elizabethan lady and gentleman had a special decoration all to themselves. A Terrible Tomboy 2012-01-21T03:00:07.003Z The yew and the holly from the tangled brake shall feel the ignominy of the shears. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z In some places the yew and the holly were abundant also, but they seem to have flourished only in widely separated patches. Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers 2012-01-17T03:00:20.443Z When is a yew tree not a yew tree? Mr. Punch's Cockney Humour 2012-01-17T03:00:15.233Z Spectral and jagged, and black as the wings Which some spirit of ill o’er a sepulchre flings: Oh! a terrible tree is the churchyard yew; Like it is nothing so grimly to view. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z These restrictions were doubtless owing to the great scarcity of yew. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 99, September 20, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-16T03:00:07.530Z What fine bowling-greens of fine English turf, rounded, squared, sloped, ovaled; what fine yews carved into dragons, pagodas, marmosets, every kind of monster! Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z It belonged to a low, dark house, which crouched behind a screen of yews. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Before Freneau, American poetry had been full of the eglantine, the yew, the Babylonian willow, the lark—the flora and fauna of the Hebrew and British bards. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z For our sturdy sires cut their stoutest staves From the branch that hung o’er their fathers’ graves; And though it be dreary and dismal to view, Staunch at the heart is the churchyard yew. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z The author of The Field Book says: "That an arrow weighing from twenty to four-and-twenty pennyweights, made of yew, was considered by archers the best that could be used." Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 99, September 20, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-16T03:00:07.530Z The gardens had their terraces, trellis-walks, and bowling-greens, the beds being laid out in geometrical lines, and the hedges formed of yews, hollies, and limes, clipped and shaped into cones, pyramids, and other devices. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z He sat looking up where the big moon swam through the black branches of the yew. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z To the south of the church, and beneath yonder yew, A pair of child-lovers I've seen, More than once were they there, and the years of the two, When added, might number thirteen. A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z Ancient yews, among them one clipped to resemble a bear sitting on his rump, give an air of distinction to the lawn, completed by a pair of eighteenth-century wrought-iron gates between red brick pillars. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z Another day he took me into the garden to see a smoking yew, and said the lines on it which he had just made and afterwards interpolated in “In Memoriam.” Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z Bowyer House, Surrey, is described also by Evelyn as having a very pretty grove of oaks and hedges of yew in the garden, and a handsome row of tall elms before the court. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z “Mytton Hall” is broad in treatment, and a fine rendering of a shady avenue of yew trees leading to an old manor-house in sunlight. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z The place, though not large, had a nice garden and many fruit trees, with a fine spreading yew tree on the front lawn, under which tea was often served in fine weather. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z It made three sides of a square and the courtyard in the middle was all weed-grown, moss-covered and uneven, with one large yew tree standing dark and gloomy in the centre. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z The “living smoke” of the yew is twice commemorated in his poems. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z The gardeners about London," says Mr Lambert, writing to the Linn�an Transactions in 1712, "were remarkable for fine cut greens, and clipt yews in the shapes of birds, dogs, men, ships, &c. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z Resin-canals, which occur abundantly in the xylem, phloem or cortex, are not found in the wood of the yew. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z We found you like this, and we lifted you to the bench under the yew tree, and then you began to speak. Where There is Nothing Being Volume I of Plays for an Irish Theatre 2011-12-21T03:00:25.100Z The sacred edifice was far-famed for its magnificent yew trees, and for the position of the communion table in the centre. Ecclesiastical Curiosities 2011-12-13T03:00:24.507Z The hail was repeated, and to our surprise a lusty voice shouted: "Can yew give we a hand wi' this boat ov ourn, zurr?" The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z What is more charming than the effect of hollyhocks, peonies, poppies, tritomas, and tulips seen against a yew hedge? Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z To continue, however—this elusive sentence made me lose my direction and I found myself removed from the centre of the Maze by an impenetrable hedge of yew. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z It was long and low and rather sad, standing in a garden all mossy grass and buttercups, with a few rhododendrons and flowery shrubs, below a row of fine old Irish yews. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z He saw the skeleton trees show sky, And the yew trees darken to see him die, And the line of the woods go reeling black, There was hope in the woods, and behind, the pack. Reynard the Fox 2011-11-20T03:00:13.153Z He sat down on a circular wooden seat round a yew tree by the path. Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:36.223Z The fruit, leaves and wood are strongly scented, hence the name of "stinking nutmeg," or "stinking yew." The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z And talk—well, 'tis babble, babble, and all of men and maids as was under yews twenty green years ago. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z A stout, shabby-looking man, whose approach Colonel Tempest had not noticed, was sitting on one of the benches under a gnarled yew, staring vacantly in front of him. Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:31.283Z The fox lay still in the rabbit-meuse, On the dry brown dust of the plumes of yews. Reynard the Fox 2011-11-20T03:00:13.153Z They are about fifty inches in length, and made of only one piece of yew. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z Girls, when I am gone away, On this bosom strew Only flowers meek and pale, And the yew. A Book of Irish Verse Selected from modern writers with an introduction and notes by W. B. Yeats 2011-10-27T02:00:26.373Z Justice Gregory Moon looking much the same as usual save for a sprig of yew in his buttonhole. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Colonel Tempest walked unsteadily to a bench under a twisted yew, a little way from the path, and sat down heavily upon it. Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:31.283Z The width of Holborn lay between, but they seemed to crowd on her much more closely than the yew at Rainham Parva had ever crowded on the inner windows of the courtyard. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z And I would dig his grave full deep Beneath the churchyard yew, Lest thence his wizard eyes might peep To mark the things we do. The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 2011-10-22T02:00:26.887Z All splendour and desolation, and the yew hedge like a funeral procession behind. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z Every cottage that nestled back from the road with clipped yews to guard the gate seemed to Phyllida a desirable place to live and love in for ever. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z As he turned once more at the end of the walk, he could see that the hunched-up figure, with the hat over the eyes, was still sitting under the yew at the further end. Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:31.283Z The yew, moreover, was thinned at intervals, but there was no cutting and lopping the forward-thrusting, amusing humanity across the way. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z Then I wonder if you felt as I did, that those shadowy woods and dark yew hedges shut out all that is real and strenuous in life. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z She saw that he had come for some grave reason, and they sat down on the green wooden seat which followed the semicircle in the yew hedge. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z Never were yews so dark and velvety, so full of whispered secrets, as the gentle wind stirred their crisped leaves continually. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z The tree masses were of every colour—green elms and limes, yellowed-leaved oaks, dark waving Scottish pines, and black and elfin-looking yews, with here and there a copper beech. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z She entered the courtyard by the side door, passed under the dark yew and the arch beneath the box-room, and made her way through the orchard. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z Its pale light touched the river, that slid smoothly between the mossy stepping-stones, and the shadows of clipped yew and drooping willow lay black upon the grass. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z Overhead in the green bosquets of yew a group of starlings began to twitter. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z With buds of a somewhat deeper shade the dark yews were sprinkled, and in this fairy-like garden or arboretum grew trees and shrubs of every kind. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z A silver pine stood in the centre of a grass plot; the flower borders were divided from the turf by winding paths leading to a little bower of clipped yews at the further end. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Three or four girls dozed in deck-chairs under the dark yew. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z He remembered the quiet churchyard, with its yew trees, its white headstones, and its lowly green mounds, where lay the only being he had ever learned to love—his mother. Jack Buntline 2011-08-31T02:01:34.270Z His keen grey eyes were searching the bosquets, trying to read what went on behind the dark yew hedges of the park. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z She might, as likely as not, have dropped out of a yew tree for anything any one knew to the contrary. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z But I mind now it was nearer the old yew tree. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z The sun was reflected piercingly from their glass roofs, and the girls spent the afternoons in deck-chairs under the shadow of the courtyard yew. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z Those were uncertain places of leaves and dead timber, and as quiet and still as churchyard 260 yews at midnight. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z It seemed, as I have said, to come from the direction of the copse beneath, and yet I determined to descend into it, rather than thread again the mazes of those melancholy yews. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 2/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:33.793Z Just then Old Marvin, who did chop for firewood a fallen yew in the field near by, caught sight of us, and, dropping his ax, came forward to greet us. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z To my mind, the old English yew is a greater favourite than the many foreign evergreens now introduced. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z Through the doorway of the handsome Restoration fa�ade they saw the yew again, dark beyond the shining flags of the hall. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z The fleshy scarlet covering formed around the naked seed in the yew is by some considered of the nature of an aril. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z Vast walls of yew shut in on every side a lawn of perfect smoothness; everything proclaimed itself to belong to that portion of the Hall property which was "kept up" by subsidy from without. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 2/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:33.793Z Soon after, I followed and overtook him after he had entered a thick copse of yew and hazel half a mile away. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z Sweet Peggy, cast aside like the threshed-out straw, crushed, and broken, the light gone out in her eye, had forgotten her misery now the yew dropped its red berries on her resting-place. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z She moved to the window that looked out over the courtyard yew—the window from which watch was kept to see when Miss Harriet and Mrs. Lovenant-Smith retired—and yawned. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z He was to stand upright, with his chest open and his shoulders thrown back, like Robin Hood with his six foot yew drawing the arrow to his ear. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Perhaps those very yews behind me had concealed his murderers. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 2/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:33.793Z The ladies beat a hasty retreat behind the yew tree, and the bishop spoke sternly to the vicar, though there was a twinkle in his eye. Jill's Red Bag 2011-08-13T02:00:21.893Z The "monster" that calls on Conor is an ancient walking, talking yew tree. Monster calling 2011-08-05T23:32:33Z Her window was open as far as it would go, but the yew seemed to shut out even what little air there was. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z The thrushes are singularly fond of the yew berry; it is of a sticky substance, sweet and not unpleasant. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The quaint oak-seats, though old, were in good repair; the yew hedges clipped to a marvel. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 2/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:33.793Z You climb the yew tree first, and then get on to the ivy. Jill's Red Bag 2011-08-13T02:00:21.893Z The significance of the yew becomes clear late in the story. Monster calling 2011-08-05T23:32:33Z They came on, breaking at last through a dark barrier of yew and poplar hedge, and as they came we could see their bayonets flash like silver in the dull light. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z Those magnificent yew hedges, the filbert walk—all, in fact are to be levelled to make way for a garish stucco-fronted hunting-box, with staring red stables and every modern convenience. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z This space was likewise covered with yew trees, clipped and cut in every conceivable form, after the vile taste of the seventeenth century. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 2/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:33.793Z The fir-trees, elms, and walnuts which surround it, and the yew hedge which divides the garden from it, all speak its antiquity and add to its loveliness. Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. 2011-08-02T02:00:25.157Z In that direction lay The Priory, with its thick yew hedge and its shut-in appearance. A Very Naughty Girl 2011-07-27T02:00:30.947Z A lawn, interspersed with trees, stretched in front towards the gate, flanked by two stately Norway firs, while a sombre old yew almost touched some of the upper windows with its wide-spreading branches. Mathilde Blind 2011-07-27T02:00:25.473Z On one of these excursions his footsteps led him to the old churchyard of Littleboro' with its old yews and cypress. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III 2011-07-16T02:00:13.547Z One was almost tempted to imagine that they had been human once, and been turned into yew trees for their sins. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 2/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:33.793Z It will be seen, in the later Poem, how a comparison with the gloomy yew has been modified. A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' 2011-07-07T02:00:25.637Z Tall funereal trees,—yews, weeping-willows, cypresses,—cover them with their faithful shadows. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z The immemorial yews are here even now; one still flourishing, the other decayed. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z Fancy heard her voice in the bleating of the new-born lambs; she beheld her in the snow-drops; Spring's sweet breath beat upon a pink cheek when the south-west breeze sighed in the yews and pine-tops. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z The yew tree still exists as a witness of the fact, and the church bell was dug up not many years ago. The Wye and Its Associations a picturesque ramble 2011-06-12T02:00:06.820Z Under the overhanging yews, The dark owls sit in solemn state. The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker 2011-06-01T02:00:22.477Z Wen yew hear from me agin I hope I shan't be so tired, and try to give you a more interesting letter. Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia 2011-05-22T02:00:13.943Z The yew, therefore, expands one foot in sixty-one years. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z Some of them rested in the shade of the yews which fringed the top of the down. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z I say, uncle, can yew tell me, air there ever any new camels? Mr. Punch On Tour 2011-05-22T02:00:12.297Z It faced the avenue, and was sheltered behind by a grove of yews and cypresses that rose solemn and motionless, giving it an aspect both sombre and funereal. Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z Near the Italian garden was a certain walk, with stark yew hedges on either hand, and fine grass stretched like a drugget from end to end. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z "I'm 'bliged to yew fellows," put in the farmer, getting up from his seat with a lazy groan. A Cadet's Honor Mark Mallory's Heroism 2011-05-15T02:00:10.653Z Beneath the shades of sombre yews, The silent owls sit ranged in rows, Like ancient idols, strangely pose, And darting fiery eyes, they muse. The Flowers of Evil 2011-05-15T02:00:07.523Z That's a tough yew, and a man's strength could not have better done what your little fingers, with skill to guide them, I have just seen do. Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-05-06T02:00:10.447Z One evening she and Avelyn sat in the little garden, watching the red glow of the setting sun fade away behind the dark boughs of the yew trees. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z But the most remarkable feature of Levens is the garden, containing about two hundred yews trained and trimmed into every conceivable shape. The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z In the first place, it was nothing new or unusual for Owen to spend his afternoons under the yew tree in her garden; nor for May Cheffington to be there also. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z The old hall is gone, but the gardens remain: you see the ample walnut-trees and the primeval yew behind the wall on your way to the churchyard. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z Old Cormac swung his long yew bow above his head with delight, and looked as if, in the pride of the moment, he would have hugged his accomplished pupil to his heart. Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-05-06T02:00:10.447Z The site made a natural outdoor parlour: a yew tree, grown slantwise with the prevailing wind, formed an umbrella overhead. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z While building their monastery the monks are said to have lived at first under an elm and then under seven yew trees called the Seven Sisters. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z It was not merely that Constance was missed, nor that Theodore Bransby no longer made one of the group beneath the yew tree. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z The number of submerged trees was almost incredible: pines sixty feet in length, intermingled with yew, alder, and other kinds, some standing as they grew, but the most leaning in all directions, or lying flat. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z The yew-tree was formerly employed in witchcraft, a practice alluded to in Macbeth: Liver of blaspheming Jew, Gall of goats, and slips of yew, Sliver'd in the moon's eclipse. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z Every room in it was full of wonders, so also was the garden, with its dark walls shaded by yews, and pines, and glistening holly, the latter cut into all kinds of fantastic shapes. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z But green no more; save those of the yew, holly, and frost-defying bramble, with the mistletoe and its pearl-like pellucid berries. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Among these trees there was a great yew, far older than the oaks, and beneath it a dark and shadowy pool. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z It is a beautiful place, with long evergreen shrubberies, green lawns with quaint old statues, and a long walk shaded by yews, with a clear stream running down a stone channel in the midst. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z And one windy April morning as Ambrosious stood under the yew tree with this gentle monk he asked him why he left the Knights of the Round Table. Tales from Tennyson 2011-03-19T02:00:10.793Z The yew trees were trimmed into peacocks and lions and other kinds of birds and beasts. In the Days of Queen Victoria 2011-03-17T02:00:14.783Z It was a wild, witching spot, the grey rocks of mountain limestone here and there peeping out from a low growth of hazel, hawthorn, yew, and holly. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Whether it is as deadly as the Muckross yew I do not know. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z He had always accepted her presence as he did that of the trees, and urns, and old lead statues in the yew walk, as one of the properties of Malory. The Tenants of Malory Volume 1 of 3 2011-03-04T03:01:04.443Z For those who think natural resources should stand or fall based on their current cash value, yew trees would have been basically worthless in 1961. Specimens: How Species Save Our Lives 2011-02-28T12:46:50Z Beneath those rugged elms, that yew tree’s shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mould’ring heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z Hedges of yew--I am passionately fond of them! Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z In the middle of the court is a giant yew, many centuries old, which spreads its branches from wall to wall. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z To tarry beneath its shade, or to inhale the smoke of burning yew wood, is regarded as particularly noxious. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z David Thain, a few hours later, lounged in a basket chair in the one corner of his lawn from which he could catch, through the hedge of yew trees, a furtive glimpse of Mandeleys. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z Lawns spread far, divided by paths, bound with close-cropped hedges of yew and lined with flowers, where peacocks lift their feathers to the sun. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z These implements were all made out of yew, maple, ash, fir, and the root of the hazel bush. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z Just north of Clontarf parish church stands an ancient yew, and tradition says that it was under this tree that Brian's body was laid by his men. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z Under a yew tree, overlooking a wide lawn, bordered on the farther side by a bank of flowers, three people are sitting clustered around a tea-table. Who? 2011-02-09T03:00:47.380Z Well I knew the old graveyards of Gwent, solemn amongst the swelling hills, peaceful in the shadow of very ancient yews. Far Off Things 2011-02-04T03:00:19.967Z A robin hopped up, inspected him, and hopped away into the shadow of the yew. The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z The moon was shining and the yews looked almost like a real hedge. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z The queen led her step-children to the furthermost corner of the garden where grew her flowers, till they came beneath a dark yew tree, where she pretended to have something particular to show to them. Fairy Tales From all Nations 2011-01-16T03:00:21.797Z Gloomy in the extreme, it was rendered still more so from its being encircled by a grove of yew trees which gave it a churchyard air. The Pagan's Cup 2011-01-06T03:00:42.697Z The foliage had been trained into rectangular cloisters, carefully kept, with regular arcades cut in yew- and box-hedges. The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin 2011-01-01T03:00:23.890Z The long yew staff I carried served me well; by its aid I could jump from hillock to hillock, and thus make swifter progress than had I been on horseback. Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale 2010-12-30T03:00:21.423Z Tall trees, amongst which showed the sombre tones of deodars and yews, rising above and behind the roofs and chimneys, showed the gardens to be on the other side of the house. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z Bruno ceased growling, and raised his muzzle with the stick across his mouth, as the young man parted the yew bushes and knelt down. The Mynns' Mystery 2010-12-20T17:12:18.180Z Then he confessed that they had fallen asleep under the yew where the fairy circle was, and from that moment he had seen nothing more of Iago. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z The first refreshment was for the eye, and that organ rested upon funereal yew decorating the vault-like aisle, while paper roses starred its gloomy green. Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches 2010-12-20T17:11:48.837Z On my way, I came upon a slender yew tree—a straight beautiful stem, and hard as iron. Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale 2010-12-30T03:00:21.423Z The stone-built lily pond was finished, the turf laid, the borders dug and filled, the yews planted. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z It is similar to taxol, another cancer drug based on a compound made by Pacific yew trees. Nobel-winning work is matchmaker for molecules 2010-10-06T18:37:00Z Near Tintern Abbey there is a jutting crag overhung by gloomy branches of the yew, called the Devil’s Pulpit. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z The plants include hydrangea, rhododendron, azalea, foxglove, holly and yew. F.Y.I.: Questions About New York 2010-09-03T23:32:00Z The one-of-a-kind objects, sold at the garden, are crafted in yew, red maple, plum, juniper, white oak, cherry, apple and zelkova, a Japanese elm. | Q&A: Ivan Braun, Who Turns Dead Wood Into Bowls 2010-07-01T04:56:00Z Most of them were in the garden, sitting in the yew arbour, or strolling about under a sky of spangled velvet. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z On a recent morning, he shoveled out the Red Hook dirt to make room for a yew, to replace a plant that had been chewed by dogs. Gardener Brings Coffey Park Back From Decay 2010-04-26T03:10:00Z Gone into mournful cypress and dark yew, Or wearing the long, gloomy winter through In the smooth holly's green eternity. Heathen Mythology And with resolute steps, digging her heels into the ground, she emerged from the yew hedge. The Undying Past The sun was resting above the summits of the far-off mountains, and the yew trees were flinging their dusky shadows over the graves, as I entered the burial-place of Altonby. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 The yews were tall enough to give her their sombre background, and a group of big trees behind them helped out the unfinished garden picture. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z They are of yew, some over six feet long, and in at least one instance tipped with horn. Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn With Spanish yew so strong, Arrows a cloth-yard long, That like to serpents stung, Piercing the weather; None from his fellow starts, But playing manly parts, And, like true English hearts, Stuck close together. Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) There was a nook in the yew hedge which ran out from the castle into the garden where, unseen, it was possible to hear and see all that passed on the terrace. The Undying Past The village church, surrounded by a clump of dreary yews, lay immediately at the foot of the hill to my right, and the road leading from thence to the Priory crossed before me. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 If she must be proposed to, she would prefer it to be in exactly this way—perhaps with the yew hedges grown a little more, and the squares of turf come closer together. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z The best yew is imported from Italy and Spain, and is allowed to season for three years before it is made into a bow, which again is not used till it is two years older. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" They all possess a pronounced bitter taste, and the poisonous nature of many plants, e.g. hemlock, yew, deadly nightshade, &c., are due to the alkaloids they contain. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide The yews and overgrown hedges of the garden were still velvety with shadow, but beyond the ramparts the delicate pallor of dawn was already tinged with a faint fire. Beggars on Horseback On reaching the highroad Boleslav saw the figure of a girl come out from the shadow of the churchyard yews, and advance to meet him with hesitating footsteps. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers Through the churchyard, where spreading cedars and stiff yews rose from the velvet grass, and where among tombstones and crosses of various devices lay one of older and uglier date, by which he stayed. The Land of Lost Toys The lowest group of these plants is the Gymnosperms, or naked-seeded plants, like our yews and pines. The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer On one side of the building lies the farm-yard, on the other the garden, laid out with trim beech hedges and obelisks of yew. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. The grave-digger digs to the sound of the knell 'Mid the yews and the deaths in yonder dell. Poems of Emile Verhaeren It was so perfectly solitary—overlooked by no houses and shut out from the gaze of passers-by with thick yew trees and cypress. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I Wind-fertilised plants are generally tall; thus in Europe, at least, the commonest representatives of the class are shrubs or trees—witness the fir-trees, yew, juniper, oak, hazel, birch. Springtime and Other Essays The immemorial yews, beneath whose branches successive generations of children have played with now and then a thrill of pleasing terror because of the overhanging graves, stood regardless of the sun. The Great Discovery The Major wandered thoughtfully along box-bordered paths, past marble fauns and nymphs; between hedges of clipped yew and so to the rose-garden, ablaze with colour and fragrant with bloom. Our Admirable Betty A Romance Jane had known Midway in her childhood, and had loved its wide and gentle staircases, its fine Jacobean panelling, its stone roof, and its old garden with the paved walks between yew hedges. The New Gulliver and Other Stories There were terraces, broad velvet lawns, cedars of Lebanon, avenues of yew trees, glimpses of distant hills, flower beds, luxuriant with every variety of the choicest flowers. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I One of the best is a low hedge kept closely clipped, of yew, holly, privet, or beech—the first is, of course, slow in growth. Roses and Rose Growing "Now what on airth's the matter with yew?" mother boiled over. A Man in the Open The tall yew hedges had been clipped smooth, with here and there a small window cut in them through which the distant landscape appeared like a picture set in a frame. The Fortunes of Philippa A School Story The commonest species of trees are such as grow in central Europe, namely, ash, fir, pine, beech, acacia, maple, birch, box, chestnut, laurel, holm-oak, poplar, elm, lime, yew, elder, willow, oak. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" This was home—her home and Bobby's—this lovely, dignified old house with its sheltering yew hedges shutting out the world until she should need it once again. Shadows of Flames A Novel Most of the northern kinds bear the seeds in cones; but the yew does not, nor do a host of tropical and south temperate species. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology But might it not have been better that she had wasted slowly away, to sleep at last beneath the yews of her own ancient churchyard, than live and become what she has done? Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume I (of II) The bell had stopped immediately when the Rector arrived; and the wind seemed now much louder as it went howling round the great church or rasping through the yews and junipers. Plashers Mead A Novel At the latter place is one of the most famous yews in the country; at the former is the notorious "Church in the Wood". Hastings and Neighbourhood “Why not?” said I. She led the way past the marble basin of the fountain, and along the historic yew avenue, planted, like all old yew avenues, by that industrious gardener our Eighth Henry. Man and Maid We see her coming afar off; against the yew hedge her weeds shine for a moment. English Costume During the solemnity and mournfulness of the burial service Jenny stood very rigid and pale, more conscious of the wind sighing through the yew trees than of finality and irremediable death. Carnival The tangled garden, long and narrow, was bounded on the right, as one entered, by the Greenrush, over which hung a thicket of yews that completely shut out the first straggling houses of Wychford. Plashers Mead A Novel Yet strew Upon my dismal grave Such offerings as you have: Forsaken cypress, and sad yew;20 For kinder flowers can take no birth Or growth from such unhappy earth. Thomas Stanley: His Original Lyrics, Complete, In Their Collated Readings of 1647, 1651, 1657. With an Introduction, Textual Notes, A List of Editions, An Appendis of Translation, and a Portrait. While so engaged, he happened to turn his eye on a couple, who stood a little apart, beneath the shade of an old yew tree. Trevethlan: Volume 1 A Cornish Story. I once saw a yew hedge that had been planted in mid-winter, the wrong time; it was looking rather brown through exposure to March winds. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens The trees grew more and more in groves, with healthy places in between, sandy, gorsy, and dotted with old yews. The Black Arrow A Tale of the Two Roses This wicket opened directly on a path that wound through a plantation of yews interspersed with tall beeches and elms, whose overarching tops intensified even in Wintry leaflessness the prevalent gloom. Plashers Mead A Novel Oak tables, bedsteads and stools, chairs of oak or of yew tree, and never a bit of miserable deal board. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend This he accomplished by means of four wands of yew inscribed with ogam characters. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" But there were also the mysteries of dark forests of sombre yew, balsamic pine, and immemorial oak, where lurked the fierce wild bull, lean wolf, and other foes of life, now like them extinct. The Revival of Irish Literature Addresses by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, K.C.M.G, Dr. George Sigerson, and Dr. Douglas Hyde Passing under the shadow of some fine old yews, our steps lead up a little acclivity to the left, into the churchyard. The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West Mrs. Lambert was sitting in a yew parlor under a blue-silk umbrella that was almost a pavilion, and she received them with many comments upon the energy of walking so far on this hot afternoon. Plashers Mead A Novel The highest plants of the coal period were leafy trees with nut-like fruits, that resemble the yew trees of the present. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place In the grounds are many venerable trees, a yew near the chapter-house being at least coeval with the abbey. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" The white gate was flanked by two tall clipped yews. The Brightener It stands in a well-kept churchyard, ornamented by some noble yew trees, and around two sides of it runs a road, skirted with low antient buildings, picturesquely gabled and chimnied, and dating from Tudor times. The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West "Home-brewed beer," Mrs. Lambert repeated, dreamily, and seemed to fall asleep in the past; while in the bee-drowsed yew parlor Pauline, Margaret, and Guy sat watching her. Plashers Mead A Novel A seat here and there, a few scattered shrubs, evergreen, laurel, and yew, scant blossoms, paths damp, green-crusted—that was all. An American Girl Abroad The cloister-garth, which is hideous with modern tombstones, is traditionally called the Palm Churchyard, no doubt because of the yew which grows there. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See By a grassy chalk pit and clustering black yew, white beam and rampant clematis, is the Pilgrims' Way. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time Some remains of his taste still exist, and an old yew garden, once having a fishpond in its centre, and one or two noble trees of unmistakably foreign origin, still hale and vigorous. The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West Mrs. Lambert asked, when they joined her again in the yew parlor. Plashers Mead A Novel Italian and Gallic flowers and shrubs, evidently tended by loving hands, splendid roses and evergreen yews greeted him in thick beds, and also small fruit-trees. A Captive of the Roman Eagles It is such a dear little yew walk to the church from the house here, not twenty yards long, and all lined with fuchsia. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June A dark narrow alley of yews and holly leads to this dull apartment: these are old dwarf stunted trees, which have entwined their knotty branches and their dark prickly leaves. Priests, Women, and Families Hearken! now the hermit bee Drones a quiet threnody; Greening on the stagnant pool The criss-cross light is beautiful; In the venomed yew tree wings Preen and flit. Down-Adown-Derry A Book of Fairy Poems A hiding mane of green-barked yew Supports the sky: Beautiful spot! the large green of an oak Fronting the storm. Ancient Irish Poetry "And I will accuse you before the popular assembly, like that treacherous king; I will have you hung between two wolves to a bough of the accursed withered yew." A Captive of the Roman Eagles He strolls down between two high yew walls with his hands in his pockets, and feels injured and aggrieved. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June The western yew is found from southern Alaska to northern California. The Forests of Mount Rainier National Park Five rotten gables black appear Above bleak yews and cedars sad, And thence they see the sleepy mere In lazy lilies clad. Blooms of the Berry We spent an hour sitting on the stone benches, under the yew and box hedges, and watching the purple twilight enfold the landscape, as we conversed. Francezka The owl that whoops upon the yew, The snake that lairs within it, Have seen my wild face flashing blue For one fantastic minute. The Garden of Dreams Brandolin puts his arm over the boy's shoulder, and walks away with him a little way under the deep boughs of yew. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June Let us not think of this further, but dimly through the window, 'as through a glass darkly,' see the green yew with its red berries, and afar the elms and beeches, brown and yellow. The Hills and the Vale Herrick has,—“the crisped yew,” and the American Thoreau,—“A million crisped waves.” Minor Poems by Milton It had several falls, with marble steps bordered with box, with many yew trees, and statues of nymphs and fauns. Francezka Set in sad walls, all mossy with the past, An old stone gateway with a crumbling crest; A garden where death drowses manifest; And in gaunt yews the shadowy house at last. The Garden of Dreams Thence, through a thick yew arch into a narrow path between the end of the house and the high wall. The Return of the Prodigal Lay a garland on my hearse Of the dismal yew; Maidens willow branches bear; Say, I died true. Language of Flowers We turned down a broad walk bordered by high yew hedges, at the bottom of which was a little gate leading into the park. A Monk of Cruta I saw, afar, through the bare trees, the white statues gleaming, the black cedars, the yew trees—black, too, in the white moonlight. Francezka The loss of her whose love looks through The mist death's hand hath hung between: Within the shadow of the yew Her grave is green. The Garden of Dreams In her black gown and against the yew trees she literally shone. The Return of the Prodigal "Let me see the beautiful river, the banks and the yews, while I may," she said, "the sun will not hurt me." A Mad Love “I am shrewdly afeared there has been mischief here.—Clipsby, good fellow, get ye down from your horse, and search thoroughly among the yews.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25) Cynthia, who was looking through the window at the square-towered little church, throned midst the somber yews which shelter the graves of Wordsworth and his kin, caught the odd conjunction of names—“Betty” and “Fitzroy.” Cynthia's Chauffeur She did not attempt to look for flies, therefore, but sat down beneath a yew tree, and gave way to tears and lamentations. Old-Time Stories He was standing in it under a yew tree looking down into Lankester's grave. The Return of the Prodigal There is an old yew tree which stands by the wall in a dark quiet corner of the church-yard. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 Why should not pear and walnut-trees supply the place of oaks, elms, and ash; the apple, plum, cherry, damson, and mulberry, that of the birch, yew, and all pollards? A Morning's Walk from London to Kew Examples are given:— An author: I like to keep the yew in good order. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes I. “But why do you go?” said the lady, while both sat under the yew, And her eyes were alive in their depth, as the kraken beneath the sea-blue. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume IV Bold rocks near hand are more inspiriting than distant Alps, and the thick fern upon a Surrey heath makes a fine forest for the imagination, and the dotted yew trees noble mountains. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) So, they all laugh at the dark solemn head of the yew tree, and throw stones up at the place where the moon has silvered the boughs. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 The bowling-green was surrounded by a great hedge of yew, and entered by an archway in the quick. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) I got a quiet seat behind a yew and went away into a meditation. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) It was formerly customary for worshippers to appear on this day in procession carrying in their hands palms, or yew or willow branches, which were blessed before the beginning of the Communion Service. The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia This Lord Harrington had married a very beautiful wife, for whose pleasure he surrounded the house with a labyrinth of clipped yew hedges, the trees having been brought full grown from every part of England. Memoirs of Life and Literature I approached, and perceived that it led into a garden, by a long, narrow walk of clipped yew, dense and upright as a wall. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 On its banks were vineyards and cheerful villages; close to where I stood, in a granite basin with steep and precipitous sides, slumbered a deep, dark lagoon, shaded by black pines cypresses, and yews. Lavengro The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest Below the yew—it still is there— Our phantom voices haunt the air As we were still at play, And I can hear them call and say: “How far is it to Babylon?” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) Off go the cloaks and all is Lincoln green, Great thwacking clubs and twanging bows of yew. Collected Poems Volume Two Cover the cast-back golden head, Cover the lovely limbs with may, And with fairest boughs of green, And many a rose-wreathed briar spray; But let no hateful yew be seen Where Love lies dead. Collected Poems Volume One Again, he was seated beneath the old yew tree in the church-yard. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 ‘You would do right, the yew is indeed a venerable tree, but it is not about the yew.’ p. Lavengro The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest Then came Betty's clear tones from behind the yew hedge which separated her from the arbour: 'Now, Godfrey, say after me: "To love, honour, and succour my father and mother." Two Maiden Aunts No, you never saw it; but you recognize the nature of these trees, this foliage—the cypress, the willow, the yew. Shirley The European yew has long been known as a very poisonous plant. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle To this day those adolescent fancies have never detached themselves from the little office, the scattered bricks of which are now lying in the ruined garden between the blighted yew tree and the uprooted box. The Romance of a Plain Man And, turning from her grave, I met, Beside the churchyard yew, A blooming girl, whose hair was wet With points of morning dew. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer And the long melancholy and sinister figure of the Duke of Norfolk stalked stiffly down among the yew trees powdered with frost. The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court |
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