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always present. The fruit is about the size of a 

 cherry, with a single, bony-shelled seed within. 



A very neat specimen of this conifer has been 

 brought about by side-pruning and tying the main 

 leading shoot to a support, and as it bears priming 

 well the method is to be recommended when the 

 flat-spreading habit is wished to give place to 

 that of more upright growth. Young plants are 

 readily reared by laying the side branches in light 

 sandy peat. 



The Alpine Podocarp does very well when 

 planted in light warm soil, but must not be ex- 

 posed to cold winds, as the foliage then seems to 

 suffer and become thinner and thinner on the 

 branches. 



P. Chilina, Richard. (Synonym : P. salignus, 

 Hort.) Andes of Chile. 1853. — This species is 

 perfectly hardy in southern England at least, and 

 many fine examples may be seen from London 

 southwards. Though rarely exceeding 10 feet in 

 height, it is of robust hardy growth, usually taking 

 the form of a dense bushy shrub of pyramidal 

 outline. Near the ground the branches are hori- 

 zontal, but farther up they have a tendency to 

 point skywards. They are well furnished with 

 branchlets, and these with leaves, each being 

 nearly 4 inches long by a quarter of an inch wide, 

 and of a dark glossy green above, somewhat paler 

 beneath. As a pot plant, and for town planting, 

 it is particularly^ desirable, and has stood for many 

 years in a smoky London garden. In many 

 collections it is known under the name of P. 

 salignus ; and is a decidedly ornamental and 

 useful conifer for confined positions. 



