106 HARDY CONIFEROUS TREES. 



Young plants are readily reared by laying the side branches 

 in light sandy peat. 



The Alpine Podocarp does very well when planted in light 

 warm soil, but must not be exposed to cold winds, as the 

 foliage then seems to suffer and become thinner and thinner 

 on the branches. 



P. Chilina, Richard. {Synonym: P. saligniiSy hort.) 

 Andes of Chili. 1853. This species is perfectly hardy in 

 Southern England at least, and many fine examples may be 

 seen from London southwards. Though rarely exceeding 10 

 feet in height, it is of robust hardy growth, usually taking the 

 form of a dense bushy shrub of pyramidal outline. Near the 

 ground the branches are horizontal, but further up they have 

 a tendency to point skywards. They are well furnished with 

 branchlets, and these with leaves, each being nearly 4 inches 

 long by \ of an inch wide, and of a dark glossy green above, 

 somewhat paler beneath. As a pot plant, and for town 

 planting, it is particularly desirable. In many collections it 

 is known under the name of P. salignus ; and is a decidedly 

 ornamental and useful conifer for confined positions. 



P. macrophylla, Don. Japan. 1804. In situations 

 similar to those described for the latter this species forms 

 a pretty and interesting shrubby specimen. It is of rather 

 strict growth, the branches formally arranged, and the thinly- 

 produced foliage of a light greyish-green colour. Each leaf 

 measures 4 inches in length, and is distinctly marked with 

 two raised lines along the margins. 



PRUMNOPITYS (Philippi). 



PLUM FRUITED YEW. 



T^r^zV drupaceous in a loose spike, ovate, and greenish-yellow 

 in colour. 



Leaves shining green, slightly channelled on the under 

 surface, with a glaucous line on each side of the narrow mid- 

 rib. 



