152 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



[Dr. H. Bennet]. One of the best shelter-tree's on sea-sands, 

 naturally following the coast-line, never extending many miles from 

 the shore, and occurring in localities, where the temperature does 

 not rise above 80 F., nor sink below the freezing point [Bolander]; 

 nevertheless it proved even hardy in Christiania. Can be trimmed 

 into hedges for tall enclosure-lines. Wood remarkably scented. 

 Richer in its yields of tar than the Scotch Fir, according to American 

 ' writers. Not to be planted on places, where stagnant humidity 

 exists underground, nor where the soil is but little penetrable. Its 

 nativity singularly limited. 



Cupressus Nutkaensis, Lambert. (Chamcecyparis Nutkaensis, Spach ; 

 Thuya excelsa, Bongard.) 



The Yellow Cedar or Cypress of Alaska and the neighbouring 

 states. Height of tree reaches 100 feet. Timber soft, pale, clear, 

 durable, tough and close, also scented ; worked with ease ; used for 

 boat-building and many other purposes ; the bast for mats and ropes. 

 . Can be trimmed for hedge-growth. The Cypresses of the sections 

 ChaniEecyparis and Retinospora are regarded by Sir Joseph Hooker 

 and Mr. George Bentham as species of Thuya. Prof. C. Koch 

 placed them, as did previously the author of this work, in the genus 

 Cupressus. 



CupresSUS obtusa, F. v. Mueller. (Retinospora obtusa, Siebold and 

 Zuccarini. ) 



The Hinoki of Japan. Attains a maximum-height of 150 feet ; 

 stem to 5 feet in diameter ; a tree of longevity. 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 [Dupont]. The bark is used for thatching, also 

 for cordage and tow. The wood is pale-streaked and compact, 

 assuming when planed a silky lustre. According to Mr. Christie, it 

 is durable, close-grained and easily worked. It is selected in Japan 

 for temples, further also much in use for boat-building, as it very long 

 resists decay in water, also for railway-sleepers and various under- 

 ground-work. 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 the 

 vicinity of dwellings. It resembles C. Lawsoniana, but excels it ; it 

 is also hardier and of more rapid growth [Rev. H. W. Beecher]. 

 Easily multiplied from layers of the lower branches. 



Two other Japanese Cypresses deserve introduction namely 

 C. breviramea (Chamascyparis breviramea, Maximowicz) and C. 

 pendens (ChamaBcyparis pendula, Maximowicz). 



OupresSUS pisifera, F. v. Mueller. (Chamcecyparis pisifera, Siebold and 

 Zuccarini. ) 



The Savara of Japan. It attains a maximum height of over 100 

 feet. Stem occasionally 5 feet in diameter. Very hardy like the 



