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ness of its foliage contrasts strikingly with 

 its strong rugged appearance, and the pale- 

 green hue of its leaves with the cedar-like 

 tint of its branches. When growing luxuri- 

 antly, it is lined with deep ribs, as if the one 

 trunk were made up of a number of small 

 ones; add to this the numerous "knees," like 

 large beehives, which it throws up for many 

 feet around, and we have a specimen of 

 arborial picturesque beauty not easily sur- 

 passed. The Bartram specimen is one hun- 

 dred and twenty-five feet high and twenty 

 feet in circumference. It grows best in 

 moist swampy places ; or, if in dry soil, near 

 a spring or contiguous to moisture. It is 

 readily propagated from seeds sown early in 

 spring in sandy loam, in a rather moist and 

 shaded situation. The following spring they 

 may be put into nursery rows. They trans- 

 plant pretty well at all times with care. 



T. D. pendulum is a fine variety with droop- 

 ing leaves. In other respects much the same 

 as the preceding. 



TAXUS, Linnceus. Nat. Ord. TaxaceaB. 

 Dioecia, Monadelphia, Linn. Staminate flowers 



