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States of North America. 1736. — At all stages of its growth, 

 and when in the flush of health, this cypress is a tree of great 

 beauty, the evenly spreading branches, rich glaucous foliage, 

 and dense pyramidal outline, being its chief character- 

 istics. The leaves are closely appressed, and the cones the 

 same shape and size as peas. 



It delights in a dampish, loamy peat, and it will even put 

 on its best form in pure but partially reclaimed peat bog ; in- 

 deed, by far the finest specimen I have seen was growing by the 

 margin of a mixed pine and birch wood in Ireland in the 

 latter class of soil. 



C. Thyoides Hoveii is the most remarkable deviation 

 from the species of any of the varieties. The branchlets are 

 here and there of quite a tufted appearance, from the number 

 and closeness of the slender terminal twigs. It is of no par- 

 ticular value. 



C. Thyoides leptoclada is of low growth and strict 

 habit, with foliage of two distinct kinds — scale-like, and awl- 

 shaped — and bluish-grey of colour. 



C. Thyoides nana is a dwarf and pretty form, with 

 bright, shining green foliage, especially when planted on damp 

 soils. 



C. Thyoides varieg'ata has some of the branch tips 

 of a golden-yellow, but the amount of variegation differs con- 

 siderably with the particular specimen. 



C. torulosa, Don. {Synonym : — C. Tournefortii, 

 Tenore.) Temperate Western Himalaya. 1824. — For plant- 

 ing where space is rather confined, few trees are better adapted 

 than the one in question, the easy though columnar habit of 

 growth, slender branchlets, and bright glaucous foliage being 

 all desirable acquisitions. The branches, which are thickly 

 produced, have a decided upward tendency, but are, neverthe- 

 less, not painfully so, as is the case with some conifers, for the 

 tufted branchlets, with their easy arranged foliage, deprive it 

 entirely of all stiffness and formality. The cones are globose, 

 from I to i| inches long, produced in dense clusters, and com- 

 posed of about ten scales with seventy seeds. In cutting up the 



