I70 CONIFEROUS TREES 



and in consequence has been planted for coppice 

 wood in southern England. 



S. SEMPERVIRENS ADPRESSA. — This is a distinct 

 variety, with short, thick, and closely appressed 

 leaves, which are of a very conspicuous shining 

 bluish green colour. 



S. SEMPERVIRENS ALBO-spiCA has many of the 

 branch -tips of a yellowish white tint, but it is 

 patchy, and of no particular value. 



TAXODIUM, Richard 



THE DECIDUOUS CYPRESSES 



Flowers monoecious ; males in branched catkins ; females 

 two or three together near the base of the spike of male 

 flowers. 



Cones globular, with thick peltate scales. 



Seeds two at the base of each scale, erect, angular, and 

 wingless. 



Leaves deciduous, in two rows, flat, and linear. 



Cotyledons from four to nine in number. 



Large-growing, swamp-loving trees, with deciduous foliage. 



Taxodium distichum, Richard. The Deciduous 

 Cypress. (Synonyms : Cupressus disticha, Lin- 

 nceus ; T. microphyllum, Brongniart ; T. adscen- 

 dens, Brongniart.) Southern States of America. 

 About 1640. — This is a tree of great beauty, the 

 soft, feathery foliage, which during summer is of 

 a cheerful pea green, slowly changing as autumn 

 advances to a deep red, rendering it distinct from 

 every other conifer in cultivation. Even during 

 winter, when leafless, the tree is very attractive, 

 for the highly coloured bark of the branches and 

 twigs is resplendent in the evening sunshine, and 



