Sciadopitys verticillata 
Native of Japan. 
Nat. Order: ConIFERA. Tribe : TAXoDINEA. 
Scradopitys vertictllata, Siebold and Zuccarini, “Fl. Jap.” ii. 1, 
tt. 101, 102 (1842); Veitch, Manual, ed. ii. 287 (1900). 
It is difficult to say that one pine is more beautiful than 
another when all are so beautiful, but certainly if I were 
allowed to have only one pine, I should choose this without 
hesitation. It comes from Japan, where Professor Sargent 
says it grows on the mountains of Mino in thousands, and 
sometimes attains a height of nearly a hundred feet. Mr. 
Veitch had the honour of introducing it into this country in 
1861 ; and although it is now fairly common, yet it is not 
very often one sees a perfect specimen. It requires exactly 
the same soil as the rhododendron, and if you place it in 
perfect shelter I find it quite as easy to grow as anything 
else. It is planted here in equal parts of peat, leaf soil and 
loam, and makes a growth of rather over a foot each season, 
while the foliage is of a deep green healthy colour. I prefer 
to grow it with several leaders, in this way it is much hand- 
somer than when it has only a single stem. It bears its cones 
here regularly. 
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