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Fig. 66. — A hies Cephalonica Loud. 



root system makes a deep soil preferable and early transplanting neces- 

 sary. 



Cunninghamia. C. Sinensis R. Br. (22), from China, fit only for the 

 South, or in more northern latitudes with careful protection, is a me- 

 dium-sized tree, rapid-growing, in form resembling the Araucaria or 

 the firs, but the branches are more pendulous at the tips; the foliage is 

 light green, shining above, whitish beneath, and sharp-pointed; shade 

 enduring. 



