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England it is reported as being only " tolerably hardy " 

 in favorable situations, which is equivalent to being ten- 

 der with us. The timber is of a bright red color, resinous, 

 and hard. 



4. L. tctragona, Endllcher, Syn. Thuja tetragona, 

 Hooker. Leaves very small and numerous, ovate, obtuse, 

 adpressed, imbricated in 4 rows, and of a pale green 

 color. Branches and branchlets, spreading, somewhat 

 drooping, and the latter quite tetragonal. Cones small, 

 ovate, terminal ; with coriaceous scales placed in three 

 pairs, each terminating in an incurved spine. 



Another new species, just introduced and as yet untest- 

 ed. It comes from the colder regions of the Andes, in 

 Chili and Patagonia, where it inhabits the damp soils just 

 below the snow-line. Lobb found whole forests of this 

 tree close to the snow-line on the Cordillera. It varies in 

 height from a low, straggling bush, to an immense tree 

 100 feet high, according to the situation where it is found. 



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The timber furnished by this species is said to be of ex- 

 cellent quality. Although unacquainted with its hardi- 

 ness, we take pleasure in bringing it to the notice of our 

 planters for trial, as the localities where it is found are in 

 many instances very cold and unpropitious for the growth 

 of tender plants, and it may prove successful with us. 



The Gardener's Chronicle says: "This beautiful tree 

 reaches 120, and often more, feet in height ; is very luxu- 

 riant in its foliage, with thick branches, open and ascend- 

 ant ; is found in great abundance in the provinces of the 

 South, on the hills verging from Valdiva to Chiloe ; grows 

 very straight, of great height, and of such circumference 

 that 5, 6, or even 7 men are required to measure round it. It 

 is of the most durable quality, having been worked for ages, 

 and stands the greatest test of the atmosphere ; trunks of 

 this tree having been met with buried since the year of 

 the great rising of the Indians in 1599, and these trunks 



