HARDY CONIFEROUS TREES 59 



(Synonyms : C. Lindleyi, Klotzsch ; C. glauca, 

 Lamarck ; C. pendula, L'Heritier.) Mexico. — This 

 is a beautiful species — indeed, may well be described 

 as one of the most distinct and graceful members 

 of the family to which it belongs. The trunk is 

 well clothed with somewhat pendulous branches, 

 the foliage being scale-like and closely imbricated. 

 Fruit is produced in great quantity, the individual 

 cones being about the size of those of The Lawson 

 Cypress, but with a distinct hooked appendage 

 on the outer side of each scale. Both fruit and 

 leaves are covered with a beautiful glaucous bloom. 

 In maritime situations it succeeds best ; and by 

 far the finest trees I have seen are throughout 

 Ireland generally. 



C. LUSiTANicA Benthami, EfidUcher. — This 

 variety, often grown in gardens under the name 

 of C. Knightiana, may generally be recognised by 

 its flattened regularly pinnate branchlet systems, 

 the pinnae being all disposed in one plane. The 

 cones are not so conspicuously glaucous as in the 

 type which has the ultimate divisions of the 

 branchlet s arising at different angles. Probably 

 the best specimen in the British Isles is the 

 beautiful tree on Fota Island, Ireland, now about 

 75 feet high by 7 feet 4 inches in girth. 



C. Macnabiana, Murray, (Sjmonyms : C. 

 glandulosa. Hooker.) California, Mount Shasta. 

 1854. — Although this is a very beautiful and 

 distinct species, it has never found much favour 

 with the British tree planter. This is certainly 

 to be regretted, as the low compact habit of 

 growth and deep bluish green glandular foliage 

 render it a very distinct and desirable species. 



