. The cultivated evergreens; a handbook of the coniferous and most important broad-leaved evergreens planted for ornament in the United States and Canada. Evergreens; Conifers. 1-2 inches long, somewhat decurrent, pointed, deep glaucous green, loosely inches long: cones globose, 5-6 inches across; scales with a recurved spine at apex. Southern Brazil.— Introduced to Europe in 1819. Var. Ridolfiana, Gord. A more robust form with longer and larger leaves. } Var. elegans, Laws, (var. gra- ' cilis, Carr.). A form with more \ numerous and slenderer branches ^^J^^yNiy'v and more crowded, narrower, a
. The cultivated evergreens; a handbook of the coniferous and most important broad-leaved evergreens planted for ornament in the United States and Canada. Evergreens; Conifers. 1-2 inches long, somewhat decurrent, pointed, deep glaucous green, loosely inches long: cones globose, 5-6 inches across; scales with a recurved spine at apex. Southern Brazil.— Introduced to Europe in 1819. Var. Ridolfiana, Gord. A more robust form with longer and larger leaves. } Var. elegans, Laws, (var. gra- ' cilis, Carr.). A form with more \ numerous and slenderer branches ^^J^^yNiy'v and more crowded, narrower, and -^^^^^^^^'^ often glaucous leaves. 3. A. araucana, K. Koch {A. imhricata, Pav.). Monkey-Puzzle. Fig. 62 and Plate XVII. A striking tree of pyramidal habit, to 100 feet tall; branches generally in whorls of 5, at first horizontal, with upward-curving (sometimes down- ward-curving) tips, but finally be- coming much defiexed; branclilets in opposite pairs, curved upward when yoimg, and continuing to grow until several feet long when adult: leaves imbricated and persisting, even on the trunk, ovate-lanceolate, very stiff, leathery, and sharp-pointed, 2 inches long on the primary stem and branches, 1 inch long on the branchlets, slightly concave at the base, bright green on both sides: staminate flowers 3-5 inches long: cone globose-ovoid, 5-8 inches in diameter; scales with lanceolate acuminate appendage about 1 inch long at apex; seeds about 1 inch long, obscurely 4-angled. Western slope of the Andes in Chile.—A few plants were brought to England in 1795 by A. Menzies, but remained very rare until in 1844 Wm. Lobb sent a large supply of seeds. This is the hardiest species and can probably be grown as far north as the Middle Atlantic States in sheltered locations. Thrives well in mild climates in a hea^^'^ loamy soil in a moist valley or position sheltered from rough winds. The branches are heavy and rather brittle and the beauty and symmetry are soon destroyed if planted in
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