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EVERGREEN TREES AND SHRUBS. 



strikingly in the brighter green of its foliage, and its far denser 

 branchlets ; also in the leaves being narrower, much more angular, 

 and sharper-pointed ; * * * it is also a tree of larger propor- 

 tions in all respects." It grows to the height of one hundred and 

 fifty feet, with a trunk six feet in diameter. When growing singly, 

 it assumes a columnar form, with long, slender, pendulous branches. 

 It has not, we believe, yet been tested in the eastern States. 



THE CHINESE WEEPING DECIDUOUS CYPRESS. Glypto-str'obus 

 sinensis pendula (Taxodium sinensis pendula). Though this be- 

 longs to a species of the conifers, which are deciduous, they are in 

 all other respects so allied in appearance 

 with the evergreens, as usually to be classed 

 with them. This variety in the neighbor- 

 hood of New York is certainly the most 

 beautiful and hardy of all the deciduous 

 cypresses. Fig. 181 shows the form of the 

 fine specimens in Parsons & Co.'s grounds 

 at Flushing ; but no engraving can render 

 the soft, downy tuftings of the foliage, or 

 the warmth of its light green color. 



FIG. 181. 



" Her sunny locks 



Hang on her temples like a golden fleece." 



The tree in its whole appearance is so 

 distinct from all the trees generally cul- 

 tivated in this country, that it is certainly 

 one of the most desirable novelties among trees. We have seen it 

 only in autumn, at which time the weeping character of the foliage 

 is not marked, and the outline is distinctly formal. The pendu- 

 lousness is only in the curl and droop of the young foliage, the 

 branches radiating quite rigidly. It is known in China as the 

 water pine, and found principally in the maritime districts. It is 

 undoubtedly hardy in the neighborhood of New York and Phila- 

 delphia, and at Sargent's place at Fishkill, on the Hudson. 

 Whether it will succeed as well in the same latitude in the in- 

 terior is doubtful ; but that it is hardy enough to plant in most of 

 the States, with a little protection, there is good reason to believe. 



