390 GAKDEN PLANTS. PART II. 



1. C. torulosa. Native of Bootan ; trees of this are not un- 

 common. 2. C. sempervirens. Native of the hills. 



3. C. funebris. WEEPING-CYPRESS. Many plants of this 

 species were sent by Mr. Fortune some years ago to the Gardens 

 of the Agri-Horticultural Society, where they have thriven 

 well. He thus describes the tree as he found it growing in 

 China : 



"About sixty feet high, with a stem as straight as that of a 

 Norfolk Island Pine, and weeping branches like the Willow of 

 St. Helena. It reminded me of some of those large and gorgeous 

 chandeliers sometimes seen in theatres and public halls in 

 Europe."* 



Sir J. Paxton further observes : " This is probably the most 

 interesting coniferous plant yet in cultivation, and must in time 

 displace the Weeping Willow." 



Propagation not successful by cuttings. 



TAXACE^E. 

 Salisburia. 



S. adiantifolia. Gingko of the Chinese ; in its native region a 

 tree of prodigious stature ; has been in the Calcutta Botanical 

 Gardens a great many years, but in a very unthriving state, 

 never attaining to more than two or three feet in height ; leaves 

 the size of a man's hand, and, as the name denotes, resembling 

 those of the Maiden-hair Fern ; flowers said to resemble those 

 of the common Berberry. 



Taxus. 



YEW-TKEE. 



T. Chinensis. The only species, I believe, met with here. 



Podocarpus. 



Beautiful evergreen shrubs or small trees, with stiff linear 

 leaves, of remarkably slow growth. Propagated easily by 

 cuttings or layers. We have P. Chinensis; and 2. P. elon- 

 gatus, of the two far the more graceful. 



* Fortune, ' Tea Districts,' p. 62. 



