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PODOCARPUS 
A genus rare in cultivation, but naturally well 
distributed in the warmer regions. Trees or 
shrubs, distinguished by more or less broad, often 
elongated, leathery leaves. Fruit is a plum-like 
berry borne on a stalk. 
P. macrophylla. Japan. 50 ft. Very unique and 
ornamental conifer of bushy, spreading growth. 
Leaves shaped like those of oleander, but slightly 
smaller and yellowish green. Bark of all except 
the older branches is green. Hare and very desir¬ 
able. 
P. nageia. Japan, 00 ft. Quite distinct from 
preceding. Leaves about half as long, much broader, 
set close to branches. Usually somewhat glaucous. 
Decidedly unique. 
PSEUDOTSUGA: False Hemlock 
A small genus containing only the two species 
described below. 
P. douglasi. DOUGLAS SPRUCE; OREGON 
PINE. Pacific Coast. 200 ft. Excepting the Se¬ 
quoias, our most gigantic native tree. Growth 
erect and very rapid. Very symmetrical. Foliage 
very soft and rich, dark green. Yields the valuable 
timber known as Oregon Pine. 
P. douglasi glauca. BLUE DOUGLAS SPRUCE. 
Variety of preceding with silvery foliage, and of 
slower and much more compact growth. 
P. macrocarpa. BIG CONE SPRUCE. Southern 
California. 60 ft. Similar to P. douglasi. but with 
drooping branches, pointed leaves and of slower 
growth. Cones about twice as large. 
RETINISPORA: See Chamaecyparis 
Large Pines 
Showing method of balling 
Sequoia gigantea. California Big Tree 
Trachycarpus ex re Is us 
J a pa n ese Fa n Pa lm 
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SEQUOIA 
Our wonderful native genus of only two species, 
found nowhere else in the world. Remarkable 
for their vast size, longevity and resistance to lire. 
With us both species thrive admirably. 
S. gigantea. CALIFORNIA BIG TREE. 300 ft. 
lias a straight, erect trunk, with thickly furnished 
branches, which at first are ascending, but in time 
curve downwards. The leaves are spirally arranged 
around the branchlets and are glaucous, light green. 
Very handsome for a large lawn. When given 
plenty of room, the branches are retained from the 
ground up and form a very regular, beautiful, con¬ 
ical outline. The popular opinion that this is a 
tree of slow growth is decidedly erroneous. 
S. gigantea glauca. DWARF BIG TREE. A va¬ 
riety of above, of very much slower growth and 
bluish green foliage. Very slender. 
S. gigantea pendula. WEEPING BIG TREE. An 
extremely peculiar form of the Big Tree, showing 
how widely plants will sometimes vary from type. 
The foliage is identical, but the limbs grow directly 
downward and are pressed close to the trunk, giv¬ 
ing a narrow, erect form similar to that of Italian 
Cypress, but less formal. 
S. sempervirens. REDWOOD. California. 300 ft. 
Almost too well known to need description. Differs 
decidedly in appearance from Big Tree, the foliage 
being broader, growth narrower and less compact. 
Should be planted far more extensively than at 
present, as it succeeds well in most parts of the 
State and is a magnificent avenue tree. 
S. sempervirens glauca. BLUE REDWOOD. A 
variety having foliage with a decidedly bluish cast, 
but otherwise identical with the preceding. 
TAXODIUM 
T. mucronatum. MONTEZUMA CYPRESS. Mex¬ 
ico. 150 ft. General appearance very similar to 
the better known "Bald Cypress" (T. distichum) 
of the Gulf region—which is described under De¬ 
ciduous Trees—but carries its foliage all winter. 
Very delicate and graceful, with fine, soft green 
foliage. Very beautiful and thrives well in Cali¬ 
fornia. 
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