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of Downing's Landscape Gardening, tlie author thus 

 speaks of it: "P. Japonica seems the best known as yet, 

 and the hardiest ; oar specimens have been through two 

 winters without any injury; it is certainly with us quite 

 as hardy as the Irish Yew." 



3. P, nul)h?eiia, Lindley. NUBIGEAX PODOCARPUS. 

 Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, of medium length, 

 acute, flat, coriaceous, dark preen above, slightly glau- 

 cous below. Branches, numerous. Fruit, oblong, solitary, 

 axillary, with short peduncles, with the seed incurved at 

 the apex. 



A new and rare species recently introduced from Pata- 

 gonia and Chili, where it frequents the coldest localities 

 on the mountains, and forms a large-sized tree. This 

 plant is also alluded to in Sargent's edition of Downing's 

 Landscape Gardening, as follows : " There is one other va- 

 riety (species ?) not yet received into this country to our 

 knowledge, which promises better than any of the above, 

 viz., Podvcarpus nub! g> in a, which is described as one 

 of the finest, as it is unquestionably one of the hardiest 

 and most distinct of all the Conifers introduced within a 

 few years." We may add to this that we received it from 

 Belgium some five years since, and can bear testimony to 

 its exceeding beauty. Our plant stood the winter admira- 

 bly, but was accidentally destroyed a short time after- 

 ward. As it is yet so new and scarce, it will perhaps be 

 some time before it will become well known, and AVC 

 therefore refrain from recommending it as entirely hardy ; 

 but we sincerely trust it may be thoroughly tested in dif- 

 ferent sections of our country as speedily as possible. 



ADDITIONAL LIST OF PODOCARPUS. 



As already stated, the species of Podocarpus are so nu- 

 merous, and for the most part tender, that we shall give 



