Glyptostrobus heterophyllus 
or Taxodium heterophyllum 
Native of China. 
Nat. Order: Conirer#z. Tribe: Taxopinea. 
Ghyptostrobus heterophyllus, Endlicher, “ Synops. Conif.” 69 (1847) ; 
Taxodium heterophyllum, Brongniart in “ Ann. Sc. Nat.” ser. 1, 
vol. xxx. 184 (1833); Veitch, Manual, ed. ii. 286 (1900). 
A most beautiful and graceful shrub from China, where it 
grows to a height of ten feet. It is deciduous, with light 
green, feathery foliage, which changes to yellow in autumn. 
Mr. Veitch informs me that “he believes it to be the rarest 
coniferous shrub which is known in British gardens,” the 
reason of its rarity being that it will not strike from cuttings, 
and it is difficult to procure stocks for grafting it. It is very 
late starting into growth, and when it has begun to move, 
about the beginning of May, copious supplies of water are 
a great assistance to it. It is perfectly hardy, having never 
been injured by the severest frost. It is planted in plain 
loam, and is five feet in height. 
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