578 EVERGREEN TREES AND SHRUBS. 



Fig. 182, has not near so long or large leaves as Gordon describes. 

 (May it not be the P. chinensis ?). 



There is a variegated variety, originated in some European 

 garden, under the name of the Podocarpus j. elegantissima, which 

 has pale yellow leaves when they first expand, but change after- 

 wards to the normal color. 



THE CHINESE PODOCARPUS. P. chinensis. Gordon's descrip- 

 tion of this corresponds in general to the foregoing, and with Par- 

 sons' specimen of the P. japonica. 



THE COREAN PODOCARPUS, P. koraiana, is another similar 

 fastigiate bush from China, reputed hardy in England, but not 

 fully tested here. 



THE NUBIGEAN PODOCARPUS, P. nubigcena, from the province 

 of Valdivia, in Chili, is reputed one of the most beautiful. Sar- 

 gent supposes that the latitude and climate of southern Chili, 

 where this tree is found, is a strong reason for believing that it 

 will prove hardy with us. Having been there, we can state 

 from personal knowledge, that the coast, further south than Val- 

 divia, on the Pacific slope of the mountains, has a climate modi- 

 fied by the ocean and air currents from the Pacific, so that there is 

 never anything like severe winter there, though a vast amount of 

 cold rains fall in winter on the coast ; and on the mountains the 

 same moisture falls in snow : but it is only by crossing to the east 

 side of the Andes, or several hundred miles south of Valdivia, or 

 Chiloe, that winters of extreme cold like our own are experienced. 



THE TORREYAN YEWS. Torreyas. This is another botanical 

 branch of the yew family, to which large additions have been made 

 by the discoveries of botanists in China, Japan, and our Pacific 

 slope. The name has been given in honor of Dr. Torrey, one of 

 America's most indefatigable botanists, who was most prominent in 

 bringing it into notice. The wood and foliage of most of the 

 species emit a bad odor when bruised, and are therefore called 

 stinking yews. The only variety which bids fair to prove hardy in 

 the northern States is the following, a native of Florida : 



THE YEW-LEAVED TORREYA. T. taxifolia. This has proved 

 hardy at Mr. Sargent's place at Fishkill, on the Hudson. He says 



