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tion. Ellwanger & Barry do not think it will prove hardy at Ro- 

 chester. 



The female variety has lighter colored foliage than the other, 

 and bears coral-colored oval berries as large as acorns. 



Harrington's Yew. Cephalotaxus pedunculata (Taxus Har- 

 ringtonia). — " A handsome small evergreen tree, growing from 

 twenty to twenty-five feet high, with numerous spreading branches, 

 mostly in whorls around the stem ; found abundantly in Japan, 

 cultivated in gardens under the name of Junkaja" (Gordon). 

 Hardly known yet in this country. 



Siebold's Spreading Yew, Cephalotaxus umbraculifera, is 

 another species from the northern parts of China, noted there for 

 the horizontal extension of its branches. Not tested yet in this 

 country. 



The PodocarPus Yews. — This is a large branch of the family 

 of yews which have been discovered within the last thirty years in 

 China, Japan, and other parts of Asia, and South America. Most 

 of them are tender, even in England; but there is reason to hope 

 that a few will prove hardy in our northern States. But lately 

 introduced in American collections, and now 



. , Fig. 1 8a. 



on tnal. 



The Japan Podocarpus. — Podocarpus ja- 

 ponka. — Gordon describes this species as fol- 

 lows : " Leaves alternate, flat, linear lanceolate, 

 elongated, obtuse pointed, thick, leathery and 

 stiff; from four to eight inches long, and about 

 half an inch wide, with an elevated rib almost 

 acute along the upper surface, but rounded 

 on the under one, and tapering into a loflg, i^^^T"^^. 

 slender point at the apex, and mto a short, 

 stout foot-stalk at the base." The color of the foliage is the dark- 

 est of greens ; but the very unusual size of its leathery leaves gives 

 it a marked appearance among evergreens, that, with its pretty 

 erect habit, will doubtless make it popular wherever hardy. It is 

 considered so at Flushing, L. I., and at Fishkill, N. Y. ; but we 

 have heard nothing from it in other places. Parsons' specimen, 

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