CONIFER.^ 



Leaves linear, falcate, resembling Yew, spirally alternate, spreading in 2 

 ranks by half-turn at base, acute or acuminate, slightly thickened on revolute 

 margins, obscurely keeled, midrib conspicuous, decurrent at base, ^—J in. long, 

 on leading shoots in many ranks, ovate or ovate-oblong, rounded and thickened 

 on lower surface, concave, dying and turning brown at least two years before 

 falling. 



An evergreen tree, 80-100 ft. ; Branches slender, horizontal, much divided, 

 frequently pendulous ; Bai'k thick, spongy, scaly, inner bark cinnamon-red ; 

 Bud-scales ovate-acute, imbricated ; Suckei's produced ; Wood light, soft, not 

 strong, close-grained, easily split, durable in contact with soil, light red. 



Native of California, there reaching height of 200-340 ft. ; free of branches 

 for 75-100 ft., 90-100 ft. circumference, bark 18 ins. thick; some probably 1300 

 years old. Specimens brought home by Menzies, 1795 ; seeds first sent to Europe 

 by William I^obb in 1853. Generic name in honour of Seequayah, a Cherokee 

 Indian chief (1770-1843). 



JAPAN CEDAR, Cryptoueria japonica. 



Parks, gardens. May. Best in deep, rich soil with abundant moisture, and 

 sheltered from cold winds. Propagated by cuttings of side shoots 2-3 ins. long 

 in sandy soil under handlight or cold frame, September or October; seeds in 

 sandy loam in temperature of 55° in March, or outdoors in April. 



Flowers monoecious ; 3Ia/cs in axillary spikes at ends of branchlets, mixed 

 with young cones, oval or oblong, anther cells 3-5 at base of scales ; Females 

 mostly solitary, some in clusters at extremities of branchlets, sessile, erect, 

 globular, about size of a cherry; Fruit a cone, globular, f in. diam., erect, 

 singly or in clusters, scales cuneate, loose, brownish-red, margins rough and 

 fringed ; seedi 3-5 under each scale, crustaceous, ripe in September, October. 



Leaves spirally arranged in 5 rows, linear, 4-angled, falcate, rigid, sessile, 

 decurrent at base, glabrous, l)right bluish-green in summer and spring, bronzy- 

 green in winter, | in. long. 



An evergreen tree, 50-100 ft. ; Branches erect or horizontal, spreading, 



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