100 CONIFERS. 



SAXE-GOTILffiA. 



SAXE-GOTH.EA CONSPICUA. 



Found on the mountains of Patagonia, and said to 

 be perfectly hardy in this country. In its native 

 habitats it forms a tree about thirty feet high, and 

 resembles in general habit our common yew, but the 

 colour of its foliage is less sombre. Leaves bright 

 green above, glaucous beneath. 



SEQUOIA, Endlicker. 



SEQUOIA GIGANTEA. Endlicher. 



STN. Taxodium sempervirens. Gardens. 



Erom the descriptions which travellers give of this 

 species in its native habitats, it may well be considered 

 as one of the most gigantic of trees. They tell us, 

 that in California it is often found of the enormous 

 height of three hundred feet, with a trunk from twelve 

 to eighteen feet in diameter. In this country it is a 

 handsome, quick-growing tree, with slender, flat, some- 

 what drooping branches. Leaves deep green above, 

 glaucous beneath. It should not be planted .in 

 exposed situations, not that it is not perfectly hardy, 

 but because its branches are liable to be damaged by 

 high winds. 



