CONIFERS. 61 



,-^. Brown. 



CUNNINGHAMIA SINENSIS, R. Brown. 

 (Chinese Cunninghamia.) 



SYN. Pinus lanceolata. Lambert. 



Araucaria lanceolata. Gardens. 



Indigenous to China and Japan, bearing a striking 

 resemblance to Araucaria braziliensis. Although it 

 is quite hardy in this country, it is not an attractive 

 plant when young, its foliage generally assuming a 

 brown tint then, but as it becomes older this is not 

 perceptible, and its appearance is very ornamental. 

 There is a fine specimen, twenty-eight feet high, in 

 the grounds at Bagshot Park. In China it grows eighty 

 feet high. 



(Cypresses.) 



CUPRESSUS FUNEBRIS. Endliclier, 



(Funebral or Weeping Cypress.) 

 SYN. Cupressus pendula. Staunton. 



Everyday experience confirms the high opinions 

 formed of the hardiness and great beauty of this tree. 

 As a graceful weeping evergreen, it has no rival ; but 

 it does not assume its weeping character in a young 

 state. In its native country, China, it is not per- 

 ceptible till it has attained a height of eight or ten 

 feet. From its peculiar and graceful habit it stand B 

 conspicuous amongst its associates. The description 



