NOTES 435 
In June, 1897, the largest tree in the garden was about 1:60 m. 
high, and as thick as a little finger. Its present height is 13 m., 
with a circumference of 2 m. at the base. 
TORREYA NUCIFERA. 
Was procured from Messrs. Veitch & Sons in July, 1868. 
TRACHYCARPUS. 
T'. excelsa is one of the commonest palms. It is hardier than 
any other species, and is successfully grown in the open in 
Northern Italy, Southern England, &. Although the individuals 
vary to some extent, there are no characters by which to separate 
another species (7. Fortune:). The characters given by Sir 
William Hooker (Bot. Mag. t. 5221) have proved fallacious (see 
Bot. Mag. t. 7128). Several specimens of this palm were imported 
by Sir Thomas Hanbury from China. The tallest specimen has 
now a stem 7:10 m. high, with 50 cm. circumference. 
T’. Wagneriana has been in commerce for several years, under 
different names. It is closely related to the former, especially in 
the way the leaves are cut, in the stem and the petioles, but it is 
much smaller, the petioles and leaves are stiffer and more erect. 
The plant appears to be closely allied to 7. nana Beccari. It was 
introduced by Mr. Wagner, a horticulturist at Leipzig, and has 
flowered and fruited in Mr. Winter’s establishment in 1911. 
Of T. Takil we have one single specimen, which was named 
for us by Dr. O. Beccari. So far it had been grown as 7. Mar- 
tiana. It is easily recognized by the stem having the fibres 
closely and densely adpressed. Its leaves are decidedly glaucous 
underneath and have stiffly radiating, not pendulous, segments. 
The basal segments are very convergent, so that the whole blade 
has an almost circular outline. The plant was received from Kew 
in February, 1884. 
TRICHILIA. 
Seeds of 7’. havanensis were received, without name, in 1906, 
from Dr. H. Ross, of Munich, who had collected them near Mirador 
at an elevation of 900m. The plant blossomed first in April, 1910. 
The flowers are fragrant. 
TRISTANIA. 
None of the species enumerated succeeds so well as 7’. conferta, 
which forms a small tree. It was grown from seeds sent by 
Mr. D. Hanbury in June, 1872, probably received from Baron 
Ferdinand von Miller, of Melbourne. 
TRITHRINAX. - 
T’.. brasiliensis is only hardy in very sheltered places. We grew 
it for several years, but it was finally damaged badly by frost. 
TUPIDANTHUS. 
T’. calyptratus, a beautiful Araliacea, is not unfrequently met 
with in gardens on the Riviera. Fine specimens may be seen in 
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