28 DWABF AND SLOW-GBOWINO G0NIFEB8 



CHAMiECYPARIS, Spach. 

 Chamsecyparis Lawsoniana, Pari. (1864). 



8301.: Chamcecyparis Boursieri, Carr. (1867). 

 The Lawson cjrpress is a native of Western North 

 America; it varies enormously from seed, and in the 80 or 

 100 years during which seedlings have been raised in 

 Europe, endless named forms have been put into cultiva- 

 tion by Continental and British nurserymen. Some very 

 distinct forms are to be found among them, but in many 

 cases they are not sufficiently distinct to have merited 

 a separate name. Of the thirty odd dwarf varieties 

 described, rather more than half of them are obtainable 

 at the present time; the remainder are mostly forms 

 recorded by Beissner and seen, it is presumed, by him in 

 Continental gardens and nurseries. His descriptions are 

 occasionally very short, but from them one gathers that 

 there are several distinct forms at present unobtainable. 

 The Lawson cypress, unlike some Thuyas, retains its 

 normal colouring aU through the winter, which assures 

 for any form of it a welcome. 



C. Lawsoniana, var. filiformis compacta, Beiss. (ii. 548). 

 Syn. : var. filiformis globosa, Hort. 



Branches crowded, spreading, crimson-brown. Branch- 

 lets cord-like, with very small appressed scale-like leaves 

 with their tips free; branchlets drooping. Leaves 

 minute, dark green, glazed. The foliage is not unlike that 

 of C. pisifera, var. filifera, but is much finer and smaller. 



This is the dwarf form of the variety filiformis, and it 

 makes a crowded globular bush, its drooping branchlets 

 giving it the appearance of a wet mop. It is not un- 

 common in cultivation. 



C. Lawsoniana, var. nana, Gordon (" Pinetum," 88). 

 Syn.: var. pumila, Hort; 



var. intermedia, Hort. 



A slow-growing, dense, dark green globose form. 

 Branches ascending. Branchlets stiff and crowded, 



