Cryptomeria japonica 
Native of Japan. 
Nat. Order: ConirEer2. Tribe: TaxopINnEA&. 
Cryptomeria japonica, Don in Trans. Linn. Soe. xviii. 166, 
t. 13, fig. 1 (1839); Veitch, Manual, ed. ii. 263 (1900). 
Introduced by Fortune from China in 1844 and by Maries 
from Japan in 1879. It is more extensively planted than any 
other tree in its native country. The Japanese plant it round 
their temples and their tombs, while the great avenue to the 
shrines at Nikko extends to a distance of thirty miles, the trees 
being on an average about a hundred feet high, and twelve or 
fifteen feet in circumference at their base. It requires as much 
shelter as possible, as the branches are very brittle and easily 
broken by high winds. The habit of growth is pyramidal and 
the foliage of a rich dark green. In old trees here the upward 
growth is slow, the strength going to the side branches. This 
tree is forty-four feet high, and the circumference of the 
branches is one hundred and nine feet. It is in a moist deep 
soil, and surrounded by old forest trees, which give it the 
necessary protection from storms. 
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