HARDY CONIFEROUS TREES 6i 



is of undoubted value, flourishing better in mari- 

 time than in midland parts of the country. It 

 grows freely in the Orkney Islands. Home- 

 growTi timber is of excellent quality, being very 

 beautifully grained, while it is of a deep yellow 

 outwards and red towards the centre. 



C. MACROCARPA GUADELOUPENSis. Guade- 

 loupe Cypress. (Synonym : Cupressus gaudeloup- 

 ensis, Watson.) — Judging from 3'oung specimens 

 that I have seen, this \vill yet turn out to be a 

 useful conifer for ornamental planting, should it 

 be found hardy enough to withstand our insular 

 climate. The branches are slender, and the foliage 

 of an intense glaucous green colour, and which 

 is a ready means of identification. The cones 

 are much smaller than those of the species, being 

 only I inch in diameter, and almost globular, each 

 scale being provided with a projecting umbo. It 

 occurs in Guadeloupe Island, off the coast of 

 Lower California. 



C. MACROCARPA LUTEA, Dickson. — Thanks to 

 Messrs. Dickson, of Chester, no brighter or in 

 every way more desirable conifer has, for many 

 years at least, been brought before the public 

 than the subject of this note. The habit is grace- 

 ful, the colouring rich and subdued, while the 

 striking difference in tint between the bright 

 cinnamon of the bark and soft golden hue of the 

 delicately fragrant foliage still further adds to 

 the value of the cypress for strictly ornamental 

 purposes. 



There are an upright and a spreading form of 

 the Monterey Cypress in cultivation, and evidently 

 this golden variety has been raised from the former, 



