CRYFTOMERIA 



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tufted and bunchy at the ends ; the branchlets shorter and more erect ; 

 leaves shorter. First sent to this country in 1853, along with Sciadopitys, 

 by W. Lobb from the Java Botanic Garden, for which it had been obtained 

 by Siebold in 1825. Not so elegant as the type. 



Var. NANA. A dwarf form with stunted branches. Plants at Kew forty 

 years old are only 5 ft. high. The leaves are long, not curved as in the type, 

 and more spreading. 



CRYITOMERIA JAPONICA. 



Var. SPIPALIS. A dwarf form of remarkably dense habit, the leaves being 

 much incurved and twisted, so that the branchlet often suggests wire rope. 

 Judging by experience at Kew, it is apt to revert to the type. 



C. JAPONIC A var. ELEGANS, Veitch. 



This, commonly known in gardens as " Cryptomeria elegans," is a remark- 

 able state, in which the foliage of the juvenile plant is retained permanently. 

 The aspect of the tree is totally different from ordinary C. japonica, although 

 the bark of the trunk has the same red-brown, peeling character. The leaves 

 are on the whole larger, much softer, more slender, more spreading and 



