52 CONIFEROUS TREES 



C. FORMOSENSis (Giant Cypress of Formosa). — 

 This recently introduced species is only to be 

 recommended for planting in the warmer southern 

 and western parts of England and Ireland. At 

 Tort worth Court, in Gloucestershire, it survived 

 the winter of 1916-17, though killed outright in 

 other parts of the country. 



It is of distinct appearance, greatly resembling 

 Cupressus pisifera in foliage and bark colouring. 

 The foliage is of a beautiful green tint, and the 

 bark, especially of the young shoots, of a pleas- 

 ing cinnamon brown colour. The tree is of open 

 habit. In Formosa this conifer attains an enor- 

 mous size. A tree growing on Mount Ari, which 

 measures 125 feet in height and 67 feet in girth, 

 is figured in Mr. Clinton-Baker's Illustrations of 

 Conifers. 



C. FUNEBRis, Endlicher. (Synonyms : C. pen- 

 dula, Staunton ; C. amoena, Karl Koch.) China, 

 Sikkim. 1846. — This is, unfortunately, a conifer 

 that cannot be depended on in point of hardihood 

 for indiscriminate planting in any but the more 

 favoured and maritime parts of the British Isles. 

 It is remarkable in presenting striking changes 

 in its aspect during the various stages of growth ; 

 and at the same time needle-like leaves resembling 

 those of some forms of the so-called Retinispora, 

 and scale-like, closely appressed foliage may be 

 found on the same tree. When young it is usually 

 of compact and upward growth, but with ad- 

 vancing years it becomes gradually gracefully 

 drooping. On young trees the leaves are distant, 

 linear, and decidedly glaucous, whereas in older 

 specimens they are oval, and closely imbricated, 



