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hats. Examples of the shavings are to be seen in Museum 3 at 

 Kew. A replica of a famous Japanese gateway, " The Gate of 

 the Imperial Messenger," made of the wood, was erected at Kew 

 in 1910. 



Hinoki is one of the five most important trees of Japan, and 

 is found in extensive natural and planted forests. The Imperial 

 forests in Kiso are said to be composed largely of this species and 

 are celebrated as being one of the three best forest areas in Jajjan. 

 The tree is grown on rotations of 80-160 years. In addition to 

 its value as a timber tree it is much grown for decoration and is 

 largely employed for dwarfing. In Britain its use is limited to 

 ornamental work and it is not so often seen as the allied C. 

 pisifera. Nevertheless it forms a handsome small tree, and 

 together with its varieties is well worth the attention of garden 

 enthusiasts. It requires similar conditions to C. pisifera. 



Cupressus pisifera, Koch. (Fig. 45.) 

 Sawara Cypress, 



Chnm.nooyparis jiisifera, Siebokl and Zuccarini ; Retinispora pisifera, 

 Siebolil aiul Zuccarini; Thuya i)i!-ifcra, Masters. 



A tree 90-120 ft. high and 9-12 ft. in gu-th in Japan. Bark 

 reddish brown, scaling off in long, thin strips. Branches and 

 hranchlets as in C. Laivsoniana, with the ultimate divisions flattened. 

 Leaves closely pressed, with spreading, spine-like tips, the lateral 

 pair boat-shaped ; the facial pair flattened, ovate, acuminate, 

 obscurely glandular, shining green above, marked below with 

 white patches ; those on the main branchlets reddish-brown, equal 

 in length, in 4 ranks, oblong, \-\ in. long, with long, spreading, 

 triangular points. Cones on short scaly branchlets, globose, \ in. in 

 diameter, dark brown when mature ; scales usually 10, depressed 

 in the centre, with a minute point. Seeds 1-2 on each scale, brown, 

 ovate, with prominent resin-tubercles and broad lateral wings. 



C. pisifera has been cultivated for hundreds of years in 

 Japan and has given rise to numerous varieties. The majority 

 are marked by the continuance for an indefinite period of the 

 juvenile type of foliage. Varieties possessing this peculiarity 

 were at one time thought to belong to a distinct genus and were 

 included under the name of Retinispora. The best varieties are : — 



Var. aurea. 

 An adult form with the young leaves yellow. It originated 

 in Messrs. Barron's nursery near Derby. 



Var. filifera, Masters. 



Retinispora filifera, Standish ; Chamsecyparis pisifera, var. filifera, 

 Beissner. 



A bush or shrub, usually broader than high, with spreading 



