96 SELECT PLANTS FOR INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



Cupressus Nutkaensis, Lamb. (Chamcecyparis Nutkaensis, Spach.) 



(Thuya excelsa, Bongard.) 



The Yellow Cedar or Cypress of Alaska and the neighbouring 

 States. Height of tree, 100 feet. Timber soft, pale, clear, durable, 

 tough and close ; also scented ; worked with ease ; used for boat- 

 building and other purposes ; the bast for mats and ropes. Can be 

 trimmed for hedge growth. The Cypresses of the sections Chamse- 

 cyparis and Retinospora are now regarded by Sir Jos. Hooker 

 and Mr. Geo. Bentham as species of Thuya. 



Cupressus obtusa, F. v. Mueller. (Retinospora obtusa, Sieb. and 



Zucc.) 



The Hinoki of Japan. Attains a height of 100 feet; stem 5 feet 

 in circumference. It forms a great part of the forests at Nipon. 

 Growing naturally between 1,200 and 4,200 feet elevation on the 

 transition of the compact alluvial clays to eruptive granite (Dupoiit). 

 The bark is used for thatching, also for cordage and tow. The wood 

 is white-veined and compact, assuming, when planed, a silky lustre. 

 According to Mr. Christie, durable, close-grained, and easily worked. 

 It is used in Japan for temples. There are varieties of this species 

 with foliage of a golden and of a silvery white hue. Hardy at New 

 York, even in exposed localities. One of the finest of evergreen 

 trees for dwellings. It resembles C. Lawsoniana, but excels it ; 

 hardier and of rapid growth (Rev. H. W. Beecher). Easily multi- 

 plied from layers of the lower branches. 



Two other Japanese Cypresses deserve introduction namely, C. bre- 

 viramis (Chamcecyparis breviramea, Maxim.) and C. pendens 

 (Chamcecyparis pendula, Maxim.). 



Cupressus pisifera, F. v. Mueller. (Chamcecyparis pisifera, Sieb. 



and Zucc.) 



The Sarvara of Japan. It attains a height of 30 feet, producing 

 also a variety with golden foliage. Very hardy, like the foregoing ; 

 also of beautiful aspect and quick growth. Stem occasionally 3 feet 

 in diameter (Rein). Less esteemed than C. obtusa ; grows in about 

 the same localities, but is content with poorer soil, and bears more 

 heat (Dupont). 



Cupressus sempervirens, Linne. 



Common Cypress of South Europe. Height of tree up to 80 feet. 

 It is famous for the great age it reaches, and for the durability of 

 its timber, which is next to imperishable. At present its wood is 

 much sought for the manufacture of musical instruments. 



Cupressus thurifera, Humboldt, Bonpland, and Kunth. 



Mexican White Cedar ; 3,000 to 4,500 feet above sea level. A 

 handsome pyramidal tree, upwards of 40 feet high. 



