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comprises some of the very finest of ornamental evergreens. They like 

 abundant moisture and a deep, loamy soil. Most of the cypresses can 

 be increased by means of cuttings, which, although probably not so good 

 as seeds, still make good trees. All the cypresses, if growing in poor soil, 

 are benefited by applications of manure water or by tpp-dressings of 

 manure. They are subject, especially in poor soils, and during a 

 succession of dry seasons, to attacks by white scale insects. The best 

 remedy is spraying with an emulsion of paraffin and soft soap in March 

 and April, when the young hatch out. 



C. ARIZONICA, Greene. ARIZONA CYPRESS 



A tree usually 30 to 40, sometimes 70 ft. high in a wild state, with the 

 bark of the trunk shredding off in strips. Branchlets irregularly arranged 

 (not in two ranks), the final subdivisions four-sided, -^ in. diameter. Leaves 

 closely overlapping and scale-like, uniform, ovate, pointed, about o\7 in. long, 

 glaucous, with a sunken resin-gland at the back. In comparatively young 

 cultivated specimens the branches are thinner, and the leaves larger and 

 more taper-pointed. Cones short-stalked, globose, f to I in. diameter, 

 glaucous ; scales six (rarely eight), slightly rising towards the middle, where 

 is a pyramidal, pointed boss. 



Native of Arizona ; discovered in 1 880, and soon afterwards introduced by 

 Prof. Sargent. It has proved to be one of the hardiest of the true cypresses. 

 The glaucous hue of the leaves, although marked, is not so intense in cultivation 

 here as in a wild state. The tree is related to C. lusitanica, but is hardier, and 

 is distinguished by the resin-glands at the back of the leaves. From 

 C. Benthami it is distinguished by irregular, spiral branching. 



C. CASHMERIANA, Royle. 



(C. funebris var. glauca, Masters.} 



A fine example of this remarkable cypress grows in the Himalayan House 

 at Kew, but when tried out-of-doors in even a very sheltered place, it has 

 never recovered from the effects of the first winter. It will probably succeed 

 in the south-western maritime counties. Its spray is perfectly pendulous, 

 very glaucous, and flat, the branchlets hanging vertically in two opposite 

 ranks. Leaves intermediate in character between the juvenile and adult states 

 of the true cypresses ; they are only ^ to ^ m - l n g> but are not scale-like, 

 and have free, somewhat spreading points. Cones about ^ in. diameter, 

 globose ; scales ten, with a triangular, hooked boss in the centre. This 

 cypress is, no doubt, of Asiatic origin, but there appears to be no evidence 

 that it is a native of Kashmir. Henry suggests it may be a juvenile state 

 of C. torulosa. It is a tree of singular beauty both in form and colour. The 

 finest tree in -Europe is on I sola Madre, Lake Maggiore, Italy. When I 

 saw it in May 1912, I made it to be about 64 ft. high and 6 ft. in girth of 

 trunk, almost white in its glaucousness. Cones are freely borne by the tree 

 at Kew, but the seed, sown several times, has never germinated. 



C. FUNEBRIS, Endlicher. CHINESE WEEPING CYPRESS. 



A tree up to 70 ft. high, of very characteristic habit,- the trunk being erect 

 and clothed with smooth brown bark, the branches horizontal or ascending, 

 but furnished with vertically pendulous, slender spray. The branchlets are 

 in the same plane in two opposite ranks, with the final subdivisions much 



