210 A HANDBOOK OF CONIFERS 



points of the young shoots. It was raised from imported seed in 

 the Tunbridge Wells nursery of the late Thomas Cripps about the 

 middle of last century. 



Var. farallonensis, Masters. 



A curious form reported to exist on the Farollones Islands 

 near San Francisco, but which really appears to have arisen as a 

 sport in the California University garden. It has glaucous foliage 

 and is not known to be in cultivation in England.^ 



Var. flagelliformis, Cripps. 



In 1875 this variety was grown in Mr. Cripps's nursery at 

 Tunbridge Wells, and specimens may exist in the southern 

 counties. It is said to differ from the type in its more slender, 

 spreading branches, which are pendent at the points, and by its 

 light, glaucous -green leaves. 



Var. guadalupensis, Masters. 



C. guadalupensis, S. Watson. 



This variety ^ grows on Guadalupe Island, and is usually 

 regarded as differing from typical C. rnacrocarpa by its glaucous 

 leaves and globose cones. Dr. E. Fenzi, of Bogliasco, Italy, 

 however, states that these characters are not permanent, and 

 that it is best distinguished from the typical form by the bark 

 not peeling off; by the dome-shaped outline of the mature 

 trees and the non-fragrant foliage. It is also stated to be much 

 less hardy. There is a young plant in the Temperate House at 

 Kew. 



Var. lutea. 



A very beautiful variety, with the shoots and leaves of the 

 first year bright yellow in colour, changing to green during the 

 second year. The cones also are yeUow. This handsome form 

 was distributed by Messrs. Dicksons, of Chester, in 1895, it having 

 originated in their nursery a few years earlier. 



Var. variegata, Lemaire. 



Young shoots blotched with white ; not very attractive, and 

 rarely met with in cultivation. 



The Monterey cypress is distinguished from C. sempervirens 

 by its larger leaves being swollen at the tip, and by its tubercled 

 seeds. From aU other species it is separated by its large cones. 



This tree has probably the most restricted range of any conifer, 

 as it only occurs wild at Monterey, in California, where it was 

 first found by Hartweg in 1846, and on the Island of Guadalupe 



lElwes and Henry, loc. cit. v, 1166 (1910). 

 ^Oard. Chrori. April 3, 1915, p. 177. 



