NOTHOFAGUS NUTTALLIA 101 



N. OBLI(,)UA, Blirmc. R<JBL BEKCH. 

 (Fagus obliqua, Mirbel^} 



A large deciduous tree, up to 100 ft. high in a wild state ; young shoots 

 smooth. Leaves arranged alternately in two opposite rows, ovate to oblong, 

 mostly blunt at the apex, rounded or broadly wedge-shaped at the base, 

 unequal sided ; \\ to 3 ins. long, f to \\ ins. wide ; irregularly set with small, 

 triangular teeth, and with shallow round lobes also near the base ; dark 

 green above, pale and rather glaucous beneath, smooth ; stalk \ in. long. 

 Male flowers produced singly in the leaf-axils, consisting of a calyx and 

 thirty to forty stamens. I'usk of fruit four-lobed, containing a pair of 

 three-sided nuts and one flattened one. 



Native of Chile, and according to Elwes the most northerly of the South 

 American beeches. It was first introduced by Wm. Lobb for Messrs Veitch 

 in 1849, but like N. antarctica seems to have died out. The largest trees 

 at present in cultivation were introduced by Mr Elwes in 1902. At Kew 

 and elsewhere they have grown with remarkable rapidity and have withstood, 

 the frosts of the last ten years uninjured, but one cannot yet say with certainty 

 that the species is hardy near London. As a young tree it is of elegant habit, 

 making long, slender shoots annually. In Chile it is a valuable timber tree, 

 known as " Roble." It flowered at Kew and in several other gardens in the 

 spring of 1912. 



NOTOSPARTIUM CARMICHAELI^, Hooker fit. LEGUMINOS^. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 6741.) 



An almost leafless shrub, 4 to 10 ft. high in its native state, with 

 slender, rush-like, mostly arching or pendulous branches, which are 

 slightly flattened and grooved. Leaves (only seen on young plants) 

 simple, roundish or orbicular, often notched at the apex, \ in. long. 

 Racemes downy, i to 2 ins. long, axillary, carrying from twelve to twenty 

 flowers. Each flower is \ in. long, pea-shaped, purplish pink; calyx 

 densely covered with silky down, five-toothed; teeth triangular; flower- 

 stalk hairy, \ in. long. Pod f to i in. in length, slender, three- to eight- 

 jointed, with one seed to each joint. 



Native of New Zealand, in the South Island, where it is said to be 

 rare and local. It is not absolutely hardy at Kew, a fine plant about 

 4 ft. high being killed by the trying winter of 1908-9. It had flowered 

 beautifully for ten or twelve years previously, and ripened seed freely. 

 Young plants are better with some protection during winter for the first 

 few years of their existence, and may be grown in pots, for although not 

 killed entirely the branches are so badly cut back that the progress of the 

 plant is very slow. When once a firm woody base has been formed, they 

 weather ordinary winters quite well. Seeds afford the best means of 

 increase. The best soil is a light loam, and the position should be well 

 drained and sunny. So lovely a plant deserves special care. 



NUTTALLIA CERASIFORMIS, Torrey. Oso BERRY. ROSACES. 



A deciduous shrub, usually 6 to 8 ft. (occasionally more) high, with 

 the habit of a black currant, the stems springing erect from the ground 



