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stand out of doors in the colder parts of Britain. There are specimens in the 

 temperate house at Kew. 



At Haldon House, Exeter, there is a fine tree, 50 ft. by 6 ft. in 1908. 



At Tortworth there is a healthy tree, about 35 ft. high in 1909, the origin of 

 which, according to Lord Ducie, is unknown. 



Trees about 30 ft. to 35 ft. high have also been observed at Killerton, 1 near 

 Exeter; at Lamellan, Heligan, and Penjerrick in Cornwall; and at Osborne, Isle of 

 Wight. 



In Ireland, a tree at Powerscourt was found by Henry to be 30 ft. by 2 ft. 7 in. 

 in 1906. There are also trees at Kilmacurragh and at Castlemartyr, which I saw 

 in July 1908. (H. J. E.) 



CUPRESSUS MACROCARPA, Monterey Cypress 



Cupressus macrocarpa, Hartweg, in Journ. Hort. Soc. ii. 187 (1847) ; Gordon, va Journ. Hort. Soc. iv. 



296 (1849) ; Lawson, Pinet. Brit. ii. 195, t. 32 (1884) ; Engelmann, in Brewer and Watson, Bot. 



Califor. ii. 113 (1880); J. D. Hooker, in Gard. Chron. xxiii. 176, fig. 34 (1885); Sargent, in 



Garden and Forest, vii. 241 (1894), Silva N. Amer. x. 103, t. 525 (1896), and Trees N. Amer. 



77 (1905); Masters, in Journ. Linn. Soc. (Bot.) xxxi. 342 (1896); Kent, Veitch's Man. Com/. 



215 (1900); Mayr, Fremdl. Wald- u. Parkbdume, 286 (1906); Jepson, Flora Calif. 60 (1909). 

 Cupressus Lambertiana, Carriere, Com/. 124 (1855), and in Rev. Hort. 1855, p. 232. 

 Cupressus Hartwegii, Carriere, in Rev. Hort. 1855, p. 232, and Com/ 168 (1867). 

 Cupressus guadalupensis, S. Watson, in Proc. Am. Acad. xiv. 300 (1879). 

 Cupressus torulosa, Lindley, in Paxton, Flower Garden, i. 167, fig. 105 (1850), and in Flore des 



Serres, vii. 192 (1851) (not Don). 

 Cupressus Reinwardtii, Beissner, Nadelholzkunde, 103 (1891). 



A tree, attaining at Monterey 70 ft. in height and 20 ft. in girth. Bark, about 

 an inch thick, irregularly divided into broad flat connected ridges, separating on 

 the surface into narrow elongated thick persistent scales, dark reddish brown on 

 young stems, almost white on old and exposed trunks. 



Branchlet systems alternate, spreading at various angles upwards and outwards, 

 bi-pinnate, with the pinnae not in one plane. Ultimate branchlets tetragonal, equal- 

 sided, yV m< m diameter. Leaves 2 uniform in four rows, appressed, ^ in. long, 

 ovate, obtuse at the apex, convex from side to side and swollen towards the tip, 

 occasionally with a linear longitudinal furrow. 



Staminate flowers yellow, ^ in. long ; stamens, six to eight, each with an ovate 

 connective bearing four or five dark-coloured anther cells. Pistillate flowers 

 brownish, with reflexed thin-edged scales. Cones in the first year with prominent 

 pyramidate scales, tipped with a mucro ; ripening at the end of the second year, and 

 persistent for many years afterwards on the branchlets ; when mature, on stout, 

 reddish brown scaly stalks, ellipsoidal, 1 in. to ij in. long, f in. broad, shining 

 reddish brown ; scales usually ten, occasionally eight, twelve, or fourteen, with a 

 central depression, overhung by an arcuate ridge-like thin-edged process. Seeds, 



1 Cultivated as C. sinensis. 2 The foliage when rubbed emits an agreeable odour, resembling that of lemon. 



