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200 young tree which originated from a seed probably carried there by a bird from a tree in the gardens.

In the garden at Hampton Court, Herefordshire, there are a pair of fine specimens about 40 feet high, and about 7 feet round at the base, where they divide into several stems which have been formed into an arch over the path, and in most old gardens trees of 25 to 35 feet may be found, but, like T. japonica and T. occidentalis, it must be looked on as an ornamental shrub rather than a timber tree.