GUPBESSUS 59 



CUPRESSUS. 



Cupressus macrocarpa, Hartweg. 



The Monterey Cypress from California, although nearly 

 100 years in cultivation, has so far only produced two 

 slow-growing forms, both of very recent introduction, 

 and neither of which I have seen. 



C. macrocarpa, var. compacta. 



Raised by Hillier of Winchester, and not yet distributed, 

 and described by him in 1920 catalogue as a "handsome 

 small globular form." 



C. macrocarpa, var. Crippsii, Bean (" Trees and Shrubs," 

 i. 447). 



Bean describes as a juvenile state with stiff branches, 

 raised at Tunbridge Wells. Both these grow too large 

 in time. 



C. sempervirens, Linnaeus. 



Of the Roman Cypress, Carriere records two dwarf 

 forms, neither of which I can trace in cultivation. 



C. sempervirens, var. fastigiata monstrosa, Carr. (" Conif.," 

 ii. 148, 1867). 



Syn. : C. sempervirens monstrosa^ Gord. (" Pinetum," 

 69). 



A dwarf variety with branchlets and sprays, stout, 

 nearly four-sided, fasciated or monstrous. 



C. sempervirens, var. fastigiata Fortuselli, Carr. (" Conif.," 

 ii. 149, 1867). 



Syn. : C. Fortuselli, Hort. 

 A very compact dwarf plant. Branches and branchlets 

 very compact, small, almost four-sided, compressed, and 

 glaucous. 



