312 THE BOOK OF EVERGREENS. 



have been worked up as easily as newly cut timber, only 

 being much heavier." 



* * " It proves to be a most useful ornamental plant in 

 consequence of its perfectly erect, close-growing habit, 

 the young plants being quite pyramidal ; and it must cer- 

 tainly supplant in time such ' fastigiate ' monsters as Irish 

 Yews and Swedish Junipers, to say nothing of the singu- 

 larly beautiful green of its foliage." 



16, ACTI1VOSTROBUS, Miguel. 



A small and tender genus, composed of a solitary spe- 

 cies. Flowers, monoecious, terminal, and globular ; cones 

 nearly globular, and consisting of six convex scales, with 

 two ovules under each. Name derived from the radiated 

 scales. 



A. pyramidaliS; Miguel. SWAN RIVER CYPRESS. Is 

 a small, conical bush from New Holland, with minute, 

 scale-formed, deep green leaves. 



IT. FRENELA, Mirbel. 



Flowers, monoecious. Cones, globular. Leaves, small 

 and scale-formed. This genus of New Holland plants was 

 named in honor of M. Frenel, a French botanist. There 

 are 19 species recognized at present, all exceedingly tender. 



It F. arenosa, Endlicher. A small bush. 



2. F. australiS, Mirbel. Is 60 or 70 feet in height. 



