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Cupressus thuyoides, Linne. (Chamcecyparis sphceroidea, Spach.) 

 (Thuya spliwroidcdis, 01. Richard.) 



White cedar of North America; in moist and morassy ground. 

 Height of tree, 80 feet ; diameter of stem, 3 feet. The wood is 

 reddish, light, clear, easy to split, soft, and fragrant ; it turns red 

 when exposed to the air ; it is extensively used for a great variety 

 of purposes for boat-building, cooperage, railway ties, particularly 

 also shingles ; it is fine-grained and easily worked. Mohr says that 

 the wood when well seasoned offers the finest material for hollow- 

 ware. For furniture it admits of a high finish and pleasing hue. 

 The aged wood resists the succession of dryness and moisture better 

 than any other Cypress hitherto tried. 



Cupressus torulosa, Don.* 



Nepal Cypress. Northern India; 4,500 to 8,000 feet above sea 

 level. Average ordinary height 40 feet, but much larger dimen- 

 sions are on record, requiring perhaps confirmation. The reddish 

 fragrant wood is as durable as that of the Deodar Cedar, highly 

 valued for furniture. The tree seems to prefer limestone soil. 

 Splendid for breakwinds and tall hedges. Dr. Brandis thinks that 

 it may attain an age of 1,000 years. 



Cyamopsis psoraloides, Candolle. 



South Asia. This annual is mentioned by Dr. Forbes Watson 

 among the plants which furnish all the year green table-beans to a 

 portion of the population of India. 



Cycas Normanbyana, F. v. Mueller. 



A noble Queensland species, deserving introduction, and capable of 

 being shipped to long distances in an upgrown state without 

 emballage. 



Cycas revoluta, Thunberg. 



The Japan Fern Palm. The trunk attains, in age, a height of 

 about 6 feet, and is rich in sago-like starch. The slow growth of 

 this plant renders it valuable for no other purpose than scenic 

 decorative culture ; it endures the climate of Melbourne without 

 protection. Cycas angulata, R. Br., may also prove hardy, and 

 would prove a noble horticultural acquisition, as it is the most 

 gigantic of all Cycadese, attaining a height of 70 feet in tropical 

 East Australia. Like the Zamia stems also, the trunks of Cycas 

 admit of translocation, even at an advanced age. 



Cymopterus glomeratus, Candolle. 



Western States of North America. Root edible (Dr. Rosenthal). 



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