HARDY CONIFEROUS TREES 51 



After a careful and lengthened study of Retinispora and 

 ChamcBcyparis, under almost every phase of cultivation 

 in this country, I have followed others in including both 

 under Cupressus, the general habit, foliage, and fruit clearly 

 pointing out that they have no claim to separate generic 

 positions. 



Cupressus arizonica, Greene. Arizona Cypress. 

 California, Arizona, New Mexico. 1891. — This 

 recently introduced conifer is of bushy, compact 

 habit, with wide-spreading branches, and closely 

 imbricated silvery glaucous foliage. The cones are 

 nearly spherical, with a small umbo to each scale. 

 The handsome form and colour and the neat 

 disposition of its foliage will gain for this species 

 many admirers once it becomes better known. It 

 has been referred to C. Benthami, a tree of very 

 uncertain identification. 



C. Cashmeriana, Royle ex Carnere. (S^mo- 

 nyms : C. funebris glauca. Masters ; C. torulosa 

 Kashmeriana, Kent.) — This elegant tree, with its 

 remarkably pendulous habit and bluish green 

 foliage, is certainly the most beautiful of all 

 the Cypresses, but it is unfortunately not hardy 

 in our climate, except perhaps in a few favoured 

 spots in the south-west of England and in Ireland. 

 It was formerly considered to be a well-marked 

 variety of C. fimehris, but it differs from that 

 species in having more numerous seeds and is 

 probably, therefore, more nearly allied to C. 

 tonilosa, and indeed may be a seminal variety of 

 that species. There is no evidence that this cypress 

 has ever been found in a wild state. The only 

 specimen of any size in this country was the one 

 formerly cultivated in the Temperate House at 

 Kew, but this was cut down two or three years ago. 



