EVERGREENS: THEIR USES AND CULTURE 



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Pea-fruited Japan Cypress ( Cupressus pisifera Seib. & Zucc,)is a graceful tree 

 from the mountains of Japan. Its branchlets are covered wiih compressed or 

 flattened foliag-e slightly resembling that of arborvitae, while the branches have 

 a pendulous, feathery character which gives the tree a charming and desirable 

 aspect. This is one of the largest and hardiest kinds. 



Golden Pea-fruited Japan Cypress. Cuptessus pisifera aurea. This variety 

 has the form and general characteristics of the preceding one, with the exception 

 that its foliage is of a golden yellow color. It is a popular sort, as the color of 

 the new growth is very bright; one of the very finest and best of the golden 

 evergreens. 



Plume-like Japan Cypress. Retinospora plumosa Hort. In this we have one 

 of the most valuable of the entire group. The tree is dense and compact in 

 habit, its smaller branches being covered with a fluffy, plume-like green foliage, 

 and forms a superb small specimen. 



Golden Plume-like Japan Cypress. Retinospora plumosa aurea Hort. This 

 variety is a sport from the plume-like Japan cypress and differs from it only in 

 having golden foliage. When planted with the plume-like or other of the green 

 sorts the entire group is lightened and brightened in a remarkable manner. 



FIG. XVI Thread-branched Japan Cypress. Retinospora filif era Fowler. 

 Squarrose-leaved Japan Cypress ( Retinospora squarrosa Hort. ) is a much- 

 branched, bushy tree seldom more than five or six feet tall whose soft foliage is 

 in color a silvery blue. The foliage is fragile and tender in appearance but is 

 not often injured by cold. To preserve a conical shape it is necessary to shear 

 this variety annually. 



