Dacrydium Franklinu 
Native of Tasmania. 
Nat. Order: Taxacea. Tribe: TaxinE#. 
Dacrydium Franktinit, Hooker fil. in Lond. Journ. Bot. iv. 
152 (1845); Veitch, Manual, ed. ii. 146 (1900). 
Introduced from Tasmania in 1844, it is usually looked upon 
as a half hardy tree; but I have had several of them for the 
last twenty years or more in the garden here, and they have 
never been the least affected or injured by the weather. I feel 
sure that it will be found to succeed in many gardens in this 
country. Perhaps it will never attain here to the size it 
reaches in Tasmania, where it is extensively used for ship 
building, and grows to a height of one hundred feet. Itisa 
dull green in colour, and the branches are pendulous. Its 
habit, as may be seen from the photograph, is somewhat 
peculiar, and unlike any other tree that I know. The timber 
is said to have an aromatic fragrance. It is planted in peat 
and loam. 
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