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Leaves with the lower surface flat and bearing two wide white or bluish 

 white lines, widely spreading. Var. 3. squafrosa. 



Variety i. filifera Beissn. Cupressus pisifera filifera Masters. 



Retinispora filifera Gordon. 



A very distinct variety, conic in shape, highly decorative, with 

 slender elongated drooping tips to the branches. The leaves are 

 triangular in cross-section, the free portion appressed or but 

 slightly spreading. There are a number of forms of this variety, 

 among them being: aurea, with the tips of the branches golden 

 yellow ; aurea gracilis, with the golden tips very slender ; and 

 gracilis, with the tips green and very slender. 



Variety 2. plumosa Beissn. Cupressus pisifera plumosa Masters. 



Retinispora plumosa Gordon. 



A low tree of conical outline, the branchlets short and ascend- 

 ing and furnished with numerous lateral divisions. Leaves tri- 

 angular in cross-section, awl-shaped, spreading at an angle of 

 about 45°. Forms of this variety are: albo-picta, having the 

 tips of the branches a creamy white: argentea, with. the young 

 growth a creamy white, becoming green later ; aurea, the apex of 

 the branches a light golden yellow, which turns to a deep green 

 later. 



Variety 3. squarrosa Beissn. Cupressus pisifera squarrosa 

 Masters. Retinispora leptoclada Zucc. Retinispora squar- 

 rosa S. & Z. 



A dense shrub or small tree of great decorative value, with an 

 irregular conic outline. Leaves flat, widely spreading, linear, 

 with the lower surface furnished with two broad bluish white 

 lines, these, with the glaucous color of the upper surface, giving 

 the plant a striking silvery appearance. Forms of this variety 

 are : sulphur ca, with the tips of the branchlets a light yellow ; 

 Veitchii, of dwarf habit, more dense and compact than squar- 

 rosa, and not so silvery. 



Other varieties of C. pisifera are : aurea, with the young growths 

 a rich golden yellow ; sulplnirea, with the young growths of a pale 

 yellow. 



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