COMPARATIVE VALUE OP EXOTIC CONIFER.E IX BRITAIN. 2G9 



a lively tint of green, this cypress should find a jilace, for it is 

 the most valuable of all tapering trees. C Lawsoniana Jiliformis, 

 with its long and graceful branchlets, is worthy of extended 

 culture; while C. Lawsoniana intertexta has beautifully glaucous 

 foliage and a branching habit. C. Lawsoniana 7uina is valuable 

 for rock-work embellishment. 



C. Lawsoniana is a native of Northern California, on the Shasta 

 Mountains, and was introduced into this country in 1854. 



50. C. Macnahiana (MacNab's Cypress), although a very 

 beautiful and distinct species, has never found much favour with 

 British arboriculturists. This is certainly to be I'egretted, as its 

 compact habit and deep bluish-green foliage render it a distinct 

 and desirable species. Habitat, Northern California. Introduced 

 in 1852. 



51. C. macrocarpa (Large-fruited Cypress). — The heavy, massive 

 branches, of an unchanging bright green colour, give to this fine 

 cypress an air of stately grandeur that contrasts favourably with 

 the weeping foliage of such trees as the Indian cedar and Lawson's 

 cypress, and renders it one of the most distinct and beautiful of 

 ornamental evergreens. As an adjunct to our limited list of sea- 

 side trees, it is of undoubted value, thriving better near the sea 

 than inland, as has been proved in numerous places along our 

 coasts. The timber, as regards graining, is the most beautiful of 

 any wood grown in this country that I have seen — at least if a 

 large-sized plank now before me is a fair representation. In 

 appearance it resembles the wood of the American walnut (except 

 in colour, which is of a beautiful Barberry yellow), the gnarled 

 graining being equal to that timber. Trunk sections from trees 

 I have had cut up are, towards the centre, of a deep reddish 

 hue, and the colour passes into a deep yellow outwards. Being 

 close-grained, and remarkably hard, it works smoothly under the 

 plane, and is susceptible of a fine polish, these qualities render- 

 ing it of great value for many of the finer works in which wood 

 is employed. For in-door carpentry it is likely to be much used, 

 and will no doubt, when more readily procured, be largely used 

 for constructive purposes. C. macrocarpa, when suitably placed, 

 is a tree of rapid growth. In one instance under my notice, it 

 has attained to a height of 59 feet in thirty years. A native of 

 California. Introduced in 1838. 



52. C. nutkaensis (Nootka Sound Cypress). — This is a fine 

 spreading tx-ee, with a great exterior resemblance to Lawson's 



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