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species best is that mainly composed of peat, and where the 

 situation is well sheltered.^ 



T, gfrandiSy Fortune. Northern China. 1847. From 

 the latter species this is readily distinguished by the 

 shorter leaves and smaller fruit. It has not proved hardy in 

 this country, although in more than one station I have been 

 shown thriving plants, and a very fine specimen may be seen 

 in the grounds at Churchill, County Armagh, Ireland. The 

 outline of this specimen is neat but spreading, the branches 

 flattened, and supplied with dark green leaves, each about I 

 inch long, the under-side being rendered silvery by the two 

 pale-coloured furrows which run for three-quarters the length 

 of the leaf The fruit is rounded, not elongated as in the 

 latter species, and averages i inch in length. 



T, nucifera,, Siebold and Zuccarini. Japan. 1818. 

 Unless under very favourable conditions, this species is rarely 

 found as a thriving specimen in these isles. When seen at its 

 best it is of neat, compact growth, with spreading branches 

 and numerous branchlets, that are well furnished with yew- 

 green foliage, each leaf being about i inch long. The fruit is 

 about the same length as the leaves, and elliptic in shape. 



T, taxifolia, Arnott. Western Florida. 1838. Like 

 the latter species, this cannot be depended upon in point of 

 hardihood. Unless in the very warmest parts of the country, 

 and under unusually favourable conditions, healthy specimens 

 are rarely to be met with. It is of remarkably slow growth, 

 and seldom makes a neat plant. The leaves are pale shining 

 green in colour, stiff, sharp-pointed, and fully i inch long, 

 while the fruit is egg-shaped, and i inch long. The branches 

 have a yellowish appearance, owing to the colour of certain 

 portions of the bark. 



1 One of the largest specimens I know of is growing, with many other rare 

 conifers, at Orton Longueville, in Huntingdonshire. It is about 20 feet high, 

 and has borne fruit in abundance. 



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