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Bucceed in this country if planted in a half shady position or 

 protected from the scorching rays of the sun. All are readily 

 propagated from either green or ripe wood. 



T. brcvirolia, Nutt. — Western Yew. — Leaves nearly an inch 

 long, sharp-pointed, the margin somewhat revolute, bright 

 gresn above, pale beneath, narrowed at the base into a short 

 slender i^etiole. Fruit amber-red, much flattened. A tree 

 twenty to sixty feet high, with long, slender, somewhat droop- 

 ing branches. Wood reddish, hard and tough, very elastic, and 

 like that of all of the Yew Family, valuable for many i^urposes. 

 Tills species is found in Central California, northward to British 

 Columbia. 



T. Floi'idaua, Nutt. — Florida Yew. — Leaves quite narrow and 

 sharp-pointed, with revolute margins, closely resembUng those 

 of the last. A small tree on the banks of the Apalachicola 

 River in Florida, and may prove to be only a local variety of 

 the last. 



The Mexican Yew, T. globosa, is a tender species, and will 

 not thrive in the open air in the mild climate of England, and 

 is of no especial interest to any one except the botanist. The 

 Japan species are luore hardy, especially a dwarf one known as 

 T. adpressa, which has very small, oval leaves, short-pointed 

 and pale pink fruit. Another, the T. cus2ndata,of Siebold, is a 

 much taller tree, with larger, rather thick rigid and exceedingly 

 sharp-pointed leaves. 



TORRETA, Arnott. — Fetid Yciv. 



A genus of evergreen trees, including four species each, 

 restricted to a locality of limited extent. Leaves larger and 

 longer than those of the common yews, and arranged in single 

 rows. Flowers similar to those of the Taxus, and seed enclosed 

 in a fibrous fleshy envelope of a greenish-brown color. This 

 genus was named in honor of the late Prof. John Torrey, of 

 New York. 



Torreya falifornica, Torr. — California Nutmeg. — Leaves one to 

 three inches long, and about an eighth of an inch broad, nearly 

 flat, sharp-pointed, the petioles somewhat twisted, bringing the 

 blades into two ranks, bright green above, lighter colored be- 

 neath. The fruit obovate to oblong-ovate, one inch to an inch 

 and a half long, the fleshy envelope thin and somewhat resin- 

 ous. Wood light-colored, close-grained, compact, and very 

 fragrant. A large troe of fifty to seventy -five feet high, with 



