no HARDY CONI^EROtTS TREES. 



from I inch to i^ inches ; while the freely-produced cones 

 are pendent, 3 inches long by half that in width, and the scale 

 bracts protruding for fully | an inch. With regard to soil, 

 the largest specimens in this country are growing on gravelly 

 loam. A new Douglas fir has recently been discovered in 

 Japan, at an elevation of about 2,000 feet. It is described as 

 of erect growth, with horizontally arranged branches.^ 



P. Doug^lasii pendula has the strictly drooping 

 branches too stiff and straight to be classed as ornamental. 

 It is, however, a very curious and interesting variety, 



P. Doug^lasii Stairii is a beautiful variety in which the 

 variegation is constant and well diffused, while the constitu- 

 tion is robust and the rate of growth rapid. Generally the tree 

 is of a light yellow colour in spring, the young growths, for a 

 time at least, quite hiding the darker tints of the older foliage. 

 In no other respect does this variety differ from the species. 



P. Doug^lasii taxifolia is a pronounced and decidedly 

 distinct form of smaller and hardier growth, and so far likely 

 to turn out a more useful tree for general forest planting 

 in this country than the typical species. The tree is of sturdy 

 and much slower growth than the parent, while the foliage is 

 of a darker green and more massive. To be recommended 

 for afforesting purposes. 



SAXEGOTHEA (Lindley). 



PRINCE ALBERT'S YEW. 



Flowers monoecious ; male flowers in stalked cylindrical 

 spikes ; females in globular heads. 



Fruit composed of thickened scales, formed into a some- 

 what fleshy cone. 



Seed inverted, and springing from a cavity towards the 

 middle of the scales. 



Leaves resembling those of the yew. 



An evergreen shrub of yew-like appearance. 



^See "Tokyo Botanical Magazine," February 20th, 1895, for description and 

 6gure of the Japanese Douglas fir. 



