102 CONIFEROUS TREES 



LiBOCEDRUS CHiLENSis, EfidUcher. (Synonym : 

 Thuya chilensis, Don.) Chilian Andes. 1847. — 

 Although not to be relied upon as perfectly hardy 

 generally throughout this country, yet the present 

 species is well worthy of culture in suitable situa- 

 tions in our southern or western counties. It is 

 highly ornamental, forming in a young state a very 

 distinct and graceful plant of pyramidal outline, 

 the habit of growth being neat and pleasing, and 

 with glaucous, deep green pointed leaves, which 

 are of a silvery tone beneath. The cones are 

 oblong, and three-eighths of an inch in length. 

 Cool, rather moist soil and partial shelter are 

 necessities to its successful cultivation. 



L. DECURRENS, Torrcy. (Synonyms : Thuya 

 Craigiana, Murray ; Thuya gigantea, of gardens.) 

 Mountains of North-Western America. 1853. — 

 As seen in this country, where it has long been 

 confused with Thuya gigantea, this is of dense 

 columnar habit, with short frondose branches, and 

 deep green foliage, which colour is retained through- 

 out the winter. Cones erect, oblong, i inch in 

 length, and composed of usually two pairs of 

 scales. The stem is usually carrot-shaped in this 

 country, and the bark a rich brown, that gleams 

 out here and there between the tiers of thickly 

 matted branches. The outline of the tree is 

 rather stiff and columnar for ornamental planting ; 

 and though the timber is valuable, the rate of 

 growth is too slow to allow of its being cultivated 

 for profitable purposes in this country. It suc- 

 ceeds best on deep moist loams, the foliage 

 being paler and the lower branches apt to die off 

 when the tree is growing in sandy or gravelly 



