The journal of the Horticultural Society of London . Branch of Saxe-Gotheea conspicua. LATELY INTRODUCED INTO ENGLAND. 261 Wk. B. Fructification of Saxe-Gothaea. 262 NOTICES OF CERTAIN ORNAMENTAL PLANTS It is from this wild and uninhabited country that many of thefine plants raised by Messrs. Veitch were obtained, and amongthem the Saxe-Gothcea, Podocarpus nubigena, Fitz-Roya pata-gotiica, and Lihocedrus tetragona. Of these he writes thus :— Tlie two last {Fltz-Roya and Lihocedrus) I never saw belowthe snow line. The former inhabits tlie rocky precipices, andthe latter the swampy places betwee
The journal of the Horticultural Society of London . Branch of Saxe-Gotheea conspicua. LATELY INTRODUCED INTO ENGLAND. 261 Wk. B. Fructification of Saxe-Gothaea. 262 NOTICES OF CERTAIN ORNAMENTAL PLANTS It is from this wild and uninhabited country that many of thefine plants raised by Messrs. Veitch were obtained, and amongthem the Saxe-Gothcea, Podocarpus nubigena, Fitz-Roya pata-gotiica, and Lihocedrus tetragona. Of these he writes thus :— Tlie two last {Fltz-Roya and Lihocedrus) I never saw belowthe snow line. The former inhabits tlie rocky precipices, andthe latter the swampy places between the mountains. The firstgrows to an enormous size, particularly about the winter snowline, wliere I have seen trees upwards of 100 feet high, and morethan 8 feet in diameter. It may be traced from this elevationto the perpetual snows, where it is not more tlian 4 inches inheight. With these grow the Yews {Saxe-Gothcea ixnd Podo-carpus nubigena), which aie beautiful evergreen trees, and, aswell as the others, afford excellent timber. Saxe-Goth.^a may be described as a genus with tlie maleflowers of a Podocarp, the fem
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