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belonging to the wealthy Japanese, especially in the eastern 

 part of the Island of Nippon, where it is also much planted 

 around temples and other sacred places of worship. 



Mr. Fortune first sent it to the Royal Nursery at Bagshot in 

 1861, from the neighbourhood of Ycddo, in Japan. 



Gen. SEQUOIA, Endlkher, the Californian Red Wood. 



The name Sequoia is probably derived from " Sequence," 

 separated, or following in order of succession, after Taxodium, 

 from which Genus Professor Endlicher separated it. 



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 Sequoia sempervirens, Endlicher, the Red- wood Tree. 

 Syn. Condylocarpus sempervirens, Salisbury. 



The seed leaves are mostly in twos, but sometimes in threes, 

 ovate-lanceolate, obtuse at the ends, slightly convex, and pale 

 green on the under-side, but of a much darker colour, and 

 somewhat glossy, above. 



It was first discovered by Mr. Menzies, in 1796 ; afterwards 

 by Douglas, in 1836; and by the Russians (who first introduced 

 it to Europe in a living state), in 1843 ; but since which time 

 it has been found growing abundantly on the mountains of 

 Santa Cruz, about 60 miles from Monterey, in California, 

 where Mr. Hartweg found that it averaged 200 feet in height, 

 with trunks from 18 to 24 feet in circumference, quite straight, 

 and clear of branches to a height of 60 feet. One tree, which 

 was called by the American settlers " the Giant of the Forest/' 

 measured 270 feet in height, and had a trunk 55 feet in circum- 

 ference, at 6 feet from the ground. 



Gen. TAXODIUM, Richard, the Deciduous Cypress. 



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 Taxodium distichum Mexicanum, Gordon, the Montezumae 



Cypress. 

 Syn. Taxodium distichum excelsa. Booth. 

 ,f Cupressus disticha sempervirens, Rinz. 



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