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This kind forms a very neat, dwarf, dense, round bush, and 

 is said to be a hybrid production, raised in America, but in all 

 probability a Japanese plant. 



No. 2. Retinospora ericoides, Zucc, the Heath-like Reti- 



nospora. 



Syn. ChaniEecyparis ericoides, C'arriere. 

 Widdringtonia ericoides, Knight. 

 Cupressus ericoides, llort. 

 Juniperus ericoides, Hort. 

 Leaves in threes, but sometimes in opposite pairs, spread out 

 or bent downwards, linear, flat, a quarter of an inch long, fre- 

 quently slightly convex; marked on the under side with two 

 little glaucous bands, and tapering regularly to the point, de- 

 current at the base, and mucronate. 



This kind forms a regular, conical, compact, pyramidal bush, 

 from four to six feet high, with numerous horizontal branchlets. 

 which are very slender and compact. It is cultivated by the 

 Japanese in pots, under the name of " Nezu " (dwarf), and the 

 whole plant turns to a deep, purplish-brown colour in winter. 

 It is tolerably hardy. 



No. 3. Retinospora filicoides, Veitck, the Fern-like Japan 



Cypress. 

 Syn. Retinospora obtusa filicoides, Hort. 



Leaves small, oval, curved, thick in texture, and somewhat 

 obtusely-pointed, keeled on the back, thickly and rather loosely 

 imbricated in four rows, and of a deep glossy green colour. 

 Branches long, narrow, flat, and regularly and thickly furnished, 

 on both sides, with very short, compound branchlets, of the 

 same size along their whole length. Branchlets very short, 

 quadrangular, and of a deep green colour on the upper surface, 

 and more or less glaucous beneath. 



A handsome free-growing tree, resembling Retinospora ob- 

 tusa,, found in the Japanese gardens near Yeddo in Japan. 



It is quite hardy, and probably only a fine variety of Reti- 

 nospora obtusa. 



