988 PBAGTIGAL GUIDE TO GARDEN PLANTS cdnninghamia 



autumn inserted in sandy soil under glass. 

 The following are the only species that 

 seem to flourish out of doors in the 

 British Islands : — 



D . cupressinum. — A beautiful pyramidal 

 tree about 16 ft. high in cultivation, but 

 60-100 ft. in its native state in New 

 Zealand. It has weeping branches and 

 small closely imbricated pale green leaves. 



Culture dc. as above. This is often 

 grown in cool greenhouses and conserva- 

 tories, but will flourish near south walls 

 in favoured parts of the country. 



D. elatum. — A tall tree 60 ft. high in 

 its native country Palo Penang, with 

 crowded erect or spreading spiny-pointed 

 leaves. A very slow-growing species, 



Culture dc. as above. 



D. Franklini (Huon Pine). — A faraous 

 Tasmanian Conifer, about 100 ft. high, 

 with short spreading branches and slender 

 drooping branchlets covered with scale- 

 like imbricated leaves. 



Culture dc. as above. Small plants 

 8-10 ft. high are to be found here and 

 there in favoured spots in the British 

 Islands. 



Tribe 7K— Podocakptjs Tribe (Podocarpecs). — Tail evergreen trees with flat 

 linear or nearly ovate-eUiptic leaves, and dioecious or more often moncEcious flowers 

 on different twigs. 



SAXEGOTHEA (Prince Albert's 

 Yew). — A genus containing only one 

 species : — 



S. conspicua. — A handsome Yew-like 

 Conifer, native of S. Chili and Patagonia, 

 where it attains a height of 30 ft., with a 

 beautiful loose and drooping habit, and 

 leathery stiff linear or oblong lance-shaped 

 leaves i-li in. long, shortly stalked and 

 sharply pointed. Mowers monoecious ; the 

 male flowers are borne in terminal spikes 

 or racemes, the female ones in roundish 

 cone-Uke heads on long slender, some- 

 times drooping stalks. Fruit composed of 

 several consolidated scales formed into a 

 fleshy cone. 



Culture and Propagation. — This tree 

 is probably hardier than is generally sup- 

 posed. It is very rarely seen, but it 

 should flourish fairly well in sandy loam 

 in warm sheltered and mild localities, at 

 least in England and Ireland and the 

 west coast of Scotland. Flowers and 

 fruits have not yet been produced in the 

 British Islands so far as I am aware, 

 but failing imported seeds, cuttings of the 

 ripened shoots will root in sandy soil under 

 glass during August and September. 



PRUMNOPITYS (Plum Fir).— This 

 genus is sunk under Podocarpus in the 

 ' Genera Plantarum,' but is retained by 

 Dr. Masters and other authorities. It 

 consists of the following species only: — 



P. elegans (Podocarpus andlna ; 

 Stachycarpus and/ima). — ^A beautiful Coni- 

 fer 50-65 ft. high in its wild state on the 

 Chilian Andes. The trunk is well fur- 

 nished with brown-barked branches, the 

 lower ones drooping and often sweeping 

 the ground. Leaves more or less in 2 

 rows, linear, flattened, 5-I in. long, deep 

 green above, slightly glaucous and chan- 

 nelled beneath. Fruit about the size and 

 shape of a white Grape containing a hard 

 bony seed surrounded by a soft fleshy 

 pulp, which has an agreeable flavour when 

 ripe, and is said to be edible. 



Cultwre and Propagation. — This 

 species reaches a height of 10-20 feet in 

 the British Islands, and seems to be 

 hardy in widely different parts. It enjoys 

 light sandy loam with a little peat and 

 leaf soil, and makes a fine ornamental 

 tree. It may be increased by cuttings, or 

 imported seeds, in the same way as 

 Prince Albert's Yew (Saxegotliea). 



Tribe V. — Aeaucaria Tribe (Arauca^'iece). — Large trees with broad or narrow 

 spirally arranged leaves and dioecious or monoecious flowers. Cones roundish with 

 numerous spirally arranged scales, each having 1-6 inverted winged or vraigless seeds. 



CUNNINGHAMIA (Broad - leaved 

 China Fir). — A genus with only one 

 species : — 



C. sinensis (0. lanceolata; Pinus 

 lamceolata). — A remarkable Chinese tree 

 with a straight cylindrical trunk which 



reaches a height of 40-50 ft. in a native 

 state, but much less in cultivation. The 

 branches are mostly in whorls spreading 

 horizontally, and the leaves, which are 

 about 11 in. long, are lance-shaped, much 

 pointed, stiff, flat, entire, with a roughish 



