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developed in June, when they have the tortuous curl}' appearance 

 shown in the figure j and fig. 2337. showing the fronds fully ex- 



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panded, as they appear in August. A ^ 

 specimen of the early shoots is shown •'^ 

 more in detail mfig. 2338. There is a 

 tree of this variety at Hendon Rectory, 

 which, in 1837, was 15 ft. high. There 

 are also fine specimens at Messrs. 

 Loddiges's, in the Horticultural So- 

 ciety's Garden, and more especially at 

 White Knights. 

 ^ T.d.3 excelsuin Booth. — There is a plant 



of this variety in the Horticultural Society's Garden, which, in 

 1837, when 2 years old, was 2 ft. high. 

 tT.d.^ sinhise, T. sinense Noisette. — There is a tree in the Horticul- 

 tural Society's Garden, which was received under this name from 

 M. Noisette, and which, in 1837, was 6 ft. high, after having been 

 planted 10 years. How far it differs from T. d. nutans, or whether 

 it differs at all, we are uncertain. 

 'i T. d. 5 s. pendulum, T. sinense pendulum Hoj-t. — There is a tree 

 under this name in the Horticultural Society's Garden, which was 

 received from Mr. Knight in 1827, and which in 1837 was 6 ft. 

 high. 

 Remarks. The deciduous cypress is one of those trees that sport exceed- 

 ingly in the seed-bed ; and, hence, wherever a number of them are found 

 growing together, scarcely any two appear to have precisely the same Iiabit. 

 This is stiTxingly the case at White Knights, where there arc several scores of 

 trees, presenting a variety of forms and foliage almost as great as their number. 

 They may all, however, as well as those enumerated in the above list, be 

 reduced to the following four forms. 1. The species, having the branches 

 horizontal or somewhat inclined upwards. 2. T. d. pendulum, with the branches 

 pendulous. 3. T. d. nutans, with the branches horizontal, and the young shoots 

 of the year pendulous ; the leaves being twisted and compressed round them 

 in the early part of the season, but fully expanded, like those of the species. 



