The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 6
Dacrydium cupressinum, Soland
Dacrydium cupressinum, Soland.
New Zealand. Native name, Rimu; the Red Pine of the colonists. This stately tree acquires the height of 200 feet, and furnishes a hard and valuable wood. With other New Zealand conifers particularly eligible for our forest valleys. A most suitable tree for cemeteries, on account of its pendulous branches.