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may adhere to form one round needle, but the fact of two leaves is 

 demonstrated by the two vascular bundles, evident on making a 

 section. The primary flattened leaves are the only leaves on the 

 seedlings till they are about five years old ; they then become shorter, 

 buds form on their axils and produce the adult leaves. This tree 

 is silvery and, I think, distinctly ornamental. 



18. Juniperus excelsa Bieb. (Elwes and Henry, vi. 1446). 

 Our specimen of this well-known Juniper is one of the several 



fine examples placed on record by Elwes and Henry. It is now 

 32 ft. high, and might no doubt be higher but for its unfortunate 

 proximity to an overhanging Cedar of Lebanon. At Arley Castle 

 there was a tree said to have been planted in 1877, 32 ft. high in 1904. 

 Another at High Canon, Herts, was 32 ft. high in 1904. In Asia Minor 

 the tree occasionally attains a height of from 70 to 100 ft. It there 

 forms extensive woods, either pure or mixed with Lebanon Cedar 

 and Abies cilicica. Sihe considers that the timber will prove of 

 great value for railway sleepers. In the Crimea it is common on the 

 coast side of the mountains forming pure woods of considerable extent, 

 but never attaining a large size, the tallest tree noted being about 

 30 ft. high. As a garden tree this is one of the best of the Junipers, 

 though sombre in effect. 



19. Prumnopitys elegans Philippi ; the Plum-fruited Yew. 



Podocarpus andina Poeppig. 

 Native of the Andes of Southern Chile. In general appearance 

 this Prumnopitys is not unlike a Yew, but it is less stiff and more 

 graceful. It is described as easy to distinguish because the bud-scales 

 are valvate instead of imbricate. This tree is dioecious according to 

 Veitch's " Manual of the Coniferae." In this work the fruit and a 

 fruiting branchlet are illustrated from specimens produced at Eastnor 

 Castle. The fruit is said to be about the size of the wild Damson 

 or Bullace (Primus insititia) and of the same shape and colour. It 

 was introduced from Valdivia by the Messrs. Veitch in i860. It is 

 hardy over the greater part of Britain, growing most freely in the 

 south-western counties of England and in Ireland. It grows freely 

 in Cambridge and has never been injured, but protection has been 

 afforded in very severe winters. The height of this specimen is 11 ft. 

 and its diameter 13 ft. It is a very handsome small tree for a lawn. 



20. Tilia petiolaris J. D. Hooker (Bot. Mag. t. 6737 ; Elwes and 

 Henry, vii. 1677). 



In Elwes and Henry this tree is referred to as a fine specimen. 

 It is certainly a very handsome one. In 1910 it was 62 ft. high, and 

 it is now about 63 \ ft. high. Several fine trees are recorded, but the 

 finest, I believe, is one on the lawn at Burton, Suffolk, 83 ft. high by 

 8 ft. 2 in. in 1908. At Herrenhausen there is a tree 9 ft. 2 in. in girth in 

 1908. Tilia petiolaris is unknown in a wild state, though Schneider 

 believes it to be native of Southern Hungary and the Balkan States. 



