HARDY CONIFEROUS TREES 165 



P. DouGLASii Stairii is a beautiful variety in 

 which the colour is constant and well diffused, 

 while the constitution 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 type. This variety was 

 raised at Castle Kennedy by Mr. Fowler. 



P. DouGLASii TAXiFOLiA is a 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 type. 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 



PRINXE ALBERT'S YEW 



Flowers moncecious ; male flowers in stalked cyKndrical 

 spikes ; females in globular heads, terminal. 



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 resembhng those of the yew. 



An evergreen shrub of yew-like appearance. 



Saxegothea conspicua, Lindley, Prince 

 Albert's Yew. Southern Chile. 1849. — This is 

 a somewhat tender shrub, of low-spreading and 

 irregular growth, and only suited for planting 

 among light rich soil and in fully sheltered situa- 

 tions. It resembles the common yew except in 



