Taxodium distichum pendulum 
or Glyptostrobus pendulus 
Natwe of Carolina, North America. 
Nat. Order: Conirera. Tribe: TaxopINEZ. 
Taxodium distichum pendulum, Carriére, ‘ Traité Conif.,” ed, ii, 182 
(1867); Veitch’s Manual, ed. ii. 282 (1900); GAyptostrobus 
pendulus, Endlicher, Bot. Mag. t. 5603 (1866) ; 
Taxodium microphyllum, Brongnart ; 
7. stnense, Gordon 
A curious deciduous shrub of slow growth. The branches, 
which are very numerous, are covered with bright green fern- 
like foliage, which changes to yellow in the Autumn, It 
should not be exposed to cold winds; the foliage being very 
dense, the young shoots seldom get sufficiently ripened in our 
climate, and sometimes get killed back in winter, which 
prevents the plant growing to any great size: but it is such a 
handsome plant when in leaf that it well deserves a place. It 
does best in a compost of peat, loam and leaf soil in equal 
proportions. Glyptostrobus pendulus was introduced from 
South Carolina many years ago, where it is still found wild 
in places. It is, therefore, a variety of Taxodium adistichum, 
a fact confirmed by many intermediate forms that have 
appeared from time to time among seedlings of 7. dastechum. 
It is more remotely connected with the Chinese Glypfostrobus. 
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