48 HA^UDY CONIFEROUS TREES. 



timber of a specimen that had attained to 43 feet in height, I 

 found it hard, close-grained and fibrous, of a pleasing purplish- 

 yellow colour, and very fragrant, the latter being distinctly 

 recognisable even when the tree was being felled. 



C- torulosa Corneyanais of dwarf and more spread- 

 ing growth than the species, and with the branches more lithe 

 and slender. 



DACRYDIUM (Solander). 



Flowers dioecious. 



Fruit erect and fleshy. 



Seed with a hard shell investing the kernel, and partially 

 surrounded by an outer cup-shaped aril. 



Leaves variable scale-like, or needle-shaped. 



These are evergreen trees, with variable foliage. Only one 

 species has been found sufficiently hardy for outdoor culture 

 in this country. 



Dacrydium Franklinii, Hooker. The Huon Pine. 

 South and west shores of Tasmania. Though usually branded 

 with the title of " half-hardy," and fought shy of by cultivators 

 in consequence, yet this is by no means generally the case, for 

 healthy and well-furnished specimens may be met with in 

 many counties from Edinburgh southwards specimens that 

 have stood unscathed through the most severe winters we 

 have experienced for many years back. As seen in this 

 country, the Huon pine is usually of pyramidal contour, the 

 branch spread being very restricted when compared with the 

 height. The trunk is erect and straight, the branches shooting 

 off horizontally from the stem, and the crowded branchlets, 

 slender, pendulous, and cypress-like, and imparting an elegant 

 weeping habit of growth to the tree. The foliage is of a 

 bright grass-green, almost pea-green, the leaves being small, 

 scale-like, and closely packed together. The male catkins are 

 solitary at the branch tips, and the fruit is small and fleshy. Soil 

 would not seem to be a very important factor in the cultivation 



