62 CONIFEROUS TREES 



the habit of growth being just sufficiently strict 

 to impart a neat and pleasing outline, the stiffness 

 and formality usually attending fastigiate conifers 

 being quite lost sight of in the lithe, slender, and 

 finely divided branches and branchlets. 



In certain golden conifers the foliage colouring 

 is too glaring and pronounced, and several have 

 fallen into disuse on this account — a fault that 

 can certainly not be found with the present plant, 

 which, though strikingly distinct, is yet of a de- 

 cidedly rich and subdued tone. There is nothing 

 patchy about the foliage colouring, the whole 

 being regularly suffused with the warm golden tint 

 for which the plant is so remarkable, this extend- 

 ing not only to the leaves but to the bark of the 

 young wood as well. Being of good habit, per- 

 fectly hardy, and retaining the lower branches 

 intact, it makes an excellent pot plant, and stands 

 long-continued drought and neglect in a wonderful 

 manner. 



The Royal Horticultural Society awarded a 

 First -Class Certificate to this conifer, but a 

 further proof of its popularity is the rapid rate 

 at which it is being propagated in some of the 

 London and suburban tree nurseries. Ctipressus 

 macrocarpa lutea has grown rapidly and attained 

 to large dimensions in the grounds at Chigwell 

 House, Pinner, w^here some of the specimens 

 are 40 feet high, with stems which girth 26 

 inches at a yard from the ground. They 

 are in perfect health and show off to perfection 

 the lovely golden hue of the thickly produced 

 foliage. 



C. NOOTKATENSis, Lambert, Alaska Cypress. 



