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white flowers. It delights in a light gravelly 

 loam, where the roots are contiguous to 

 moisture, and in a slightly shaded situation. 

 It is best propagated by layers put down just 

 before the bursting of the buds, notched like 

 a carnation; they will root before fall. A 

 specimen at Bartram is about twenty-five 

 feet high and fifteen inches in circumference. 



TAXODIUM, Richard. Nat. Ord. Pinaceae. 

 Monoecia, Monadelphia, Linn. Male catkins 

 disposed in a pyramidal round spike. Pollen 

 of each flower borne in five cases, attached 

 to the scale on its inner face. Female catkins 

 two or three together, near the base of the 

 spike of male catkins. Strobile globose. 

 Scales peltate, angled. 



T. DISTICHUM, Richard. Branches distich- 

 ous. Leaves linear. Deciduous or bald 

 cypress. Native of the Southern States. 



This is a noble deciduous tree, sometimes 

 attaining one hundred and fifty feet high 

 with a circumference of thirty. When 

 young it has a very regular pyramidal form, 

 becoming round-headed with age, and ulti- 

 mately rather flat and spreading. The fine- 



