498 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



troduced into England, many years subsequently, by Mr. For- 

 tune, from the celebrated tea country " Wheychou," in the 

 north of China. It is described as attaining a height of sixty 

 feet, with horizontal branches, sweeping upwards with its grace- 

 ful curves and dropping again at the points. We observe, from 

 our returns, it has been tried in many parts of the United 

 States, but, so far, has only succeeded well at Augusta, Ga., 

 where both Messrs. Berckmans and Mr. Redmond report most 

 favorably as to its hardihood ; with us it has succeeded but in- 

 differently, though having had every advantage from poor soil 

 and a protecting wood. Even in Washington, it is too tender 

 to be relied on. 



C. Lawsoniana (Lawson's cypress), the most beautiful of 

 the cypresses, if not of trees, raised from seed in 1857, collected 

 and sent to England by Mr. Murray. It grows one hundred 

 feet high, and is found along the banks of streams and in the 

 vallies of the mountains of Northern California, in latitude 40 

 to 42. 



There is one very distinctive characteristic about it, which 

 we have observed, and by which it can readily be recognized, 

 the drooping of the leading shoots like the Deodar. The tops 

 of the branches hang down like an ostrich feather. It is said 

 to resemble the C. Nutkaensis (Thuiopsis Borealis), described 

 above, but our plants are much more slender and graceful. 



We have strong hopes this charming evergreen may be 

 acclimatized. Our trees are out for their first winter. It 

 is also on trial at Cincinnati. It is still very rare and ex- 

 pensive ; small plants, eight to ten inches high, costing a 

 guinea. 



Dacrydium. DACRYDIUM. 



A very rare genus, found only in New Zealand and the East 

 Indies, and so tender as hardly worth while being mentioned, 

 except that a new variety, lately introduced into England, 

 promises to be hardy there, and may consequently be in certain 

 parts of the United States. This variety, D. FranUinii (Huon 

 pine), is found in Van Dieman's Land, and becomes a tree of 

 one hundred feet high, thickly covered with spray ; the branches 



