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Pater Anchises upon his filial shoulders." " The cones are 

 about two and a half inches long " the leaves are " of a pale 

 grass-green, and the branchlets somewhat pendent and re- 

 sembling a Cypress or Juniper." The learned however are 

 of opinion that these trees are an entirely distinct Coniferous 

 form, a genus in themselves, to which the name of Wei- 

 Ungtonia has been given. The general shape and character 

 is unlike that of a Pine ; the foliage is much more light and 

 elegant, and in the arrangement of the branches it more 

 resembles an Elm. " The bark has been removed from the 

 lower part of the tree which was felled, to the height of 

 twenty-one feet, and taken to San Erancisco, where it has 

 been put together again in its natural shape ; it is carpeted 

 within, and contains a piano and seats for forty people."* 

 Seeds have been sent to England, and, from the valuable 

 nature of the wood, the introduction of these trees is con- 

 sidered a great acquisition; the benefit of which however 

 can be felt only by remote posterity. 



A gigantic species of Coniferous tree had before been 



described as growing in California, but it is thought not of 



the same species as the monsters mentioned above. It is 



a kind of deciduous Cypress (Taxodium], and is said to 



* The above particulars are taken from ' The Gardeners' Chronicle.' 



