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spring colour and their rich russet autumnal bronze 

 tints ? 



We used to learn in early days from a book of 

 verses that 



The English Oak is a sturdy fellow. 

 He gets his green coat late. 



The Deciduous Cypress gets his still later, but it lasts 

 longer, on well towards February in the young trees 

 planted in these hereabouts. 



Another little idiosyncrasy of this peculiar tree 

 should not be overlooked by the enterprising planter, 

 and that is its capacity to flourish in water. How 

 many visitors at Kew in their day must have wondered 

 mightily at the strange sight of a well-grown tree of 

 respectable girth and respectable height, with a goodly 

 part of his trunk-length immersed in the midwaters 

 of a pond, and still for all that looking as happy and 

 contented with life as a duck in a lily pond ! We have 

 no prehistoric swamps here or pine-barren ponds 

 available in our chain-harrowed lands to indulge 

 experiments in, but the sight of that Kew specimen 

 enjoying himself like a cow in summer cooling in a 

 stream and seeking relief from summer flies, or an 

 enthusiastic otter-hunter watching a ford, ought to 

 incite the adventurous among planters-out to make 

 search for wet depressions or dried-up waterholes 

 that could be refilled, wherein trial of this effect 

 might be made. 



The Deciduous Cypress is so unlike any other tree 

 that there is no need to say much upon clues to 

 identification. We will submit a few points that 

 perhaps may help a stranger to quicker identification, 

 (i) The leaves are arranged in two ranks, are 

 very small, about J-inch long. At first 

 they are bright green, with silvery under- 

 neath surface. They turn in autumn into 



