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stem one to three feet in diameter. California, from Mendocino 

 County to Mariposa County. 



T. taxifolia, Arn. Stinking Cedar. Leaves about an inch and 

 a half long, very sharp-pointed, rigid, almost sessile, pale shin- 

 Ing green. Branches horizontal spreading, with somewhat two 

 rounded branchlets. Fruit about the size and shape of a nut- 

 meg, with a smooth bark or shell. A small branchlet is rep- 

 resented in figure 50, about two-thirds of the natural size. A 

 small tree, twenty to forty feet high, with odoriferous and very 



Fig. 50. FLORIDA TORREYA. 



durable wood. In middle Florida. This species has proved 

 quite hardy in favorable soils and locations as far north as the 

 City of New York, and in a few instances farther north, but 

 cannot be recommended for general cultivation except in the 

 South. 



FOREIGN SPECIES. 



T. nncifera, Zuccarini. Nut-bearing Torreya. Leaves as in our 

 native species, but of a dark glossy-green color. Branches 

 numerous, with scaly bark. Fruit egg-shaped, and about an 

 inch long. A tree from forty to sixty feet high, native of the 

 West Coast of Nippon, Japan. Not thoroughly tested in this 

 country, its hardiness is somewhat doubtful in our Northern 



