444 CUPRESSUS 



flattened, thin, and about ^ in. wide. Leaves uniformly green, in four rows, 

 j 1 ^ to in. long, the terminal part of each triangular and tapered to a fine 

 point ; the lateral leaves have the points free and rather spreading, the 

 upper and lower ones closely flattened. Cones ^ to ^ in. across, globose, 

 borne on slender stalks to J in. long ; scales with a small boss in the centre. 



Native of Central China, and now spread widely over that country in 

 cultivation. First noticed by the members of Lord Macartney's mission to 

 China in 1793, but introduced by Fortune in 1849. It ls too tender for any 

 but the mildest parts of the British Isles, and young trees have been killed 

 time after time at Kew. There are good examples at Penjerrick, in Cornwall, 

 and in Ireland. It is grown in winter gardens for its elegant habit, and 

 produces cones at an early age. The curiously dissimilar foliage of seedlings 

 always attracts attention, the leaves in that state being in whorls of three 

 or four, linear or awl-shaped, and J to ^ in. long ; pale soft green. In its flat 

 adult branchlets it bears some resemblance to the Chamaecyparis group, also 

 in its small cones, and few seeds (three to five) to each scale. 



C. GOVENIANA, Gordon. GOWEN'S CYPRESS. 



In many respects this is very similar to and is a close ally of C. macrocarpa. 

 It is, like that species, a native of California, but enjoys a much more extended 

 distribution. It is a tree sometimes 50 ft. high, usually much smaller, 

 frequently shrubby. The leaves are like those of C. macrocarpa, being in four 

 ranks, scale-like, and flattened to the branch ; but differ in being pointed as 

 well as rather smaller. In both species the leaves are dark green, obscurely 

 or not at all glandular. The cones differ in being smaller, usually \ to f in. 

 diameter, globose, borne on stalks up to \ in. long ; the scales numbering only 

 six or eight, each with a central boss ; seeds bright brown, \ to \ in. long. It 

 is rare in cultivation, and rarely seen to advantage except in mild localities. 

 Discovered by Hartweg in 1846, and soon afterwards introduced. 



Var. PYGM^EA, Lemmon (C. pygmasa, Sargent\ is a smaller tree with black 

 seeds. Both these cypresses in a juvenile state have longer, awl-like, sharply 

 pointed, more spreading leaves, as does C. macrocarpa also. 



C. LAWSONIANA, Murray, LAWSON CYPRESS. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 5581.) 



A tree frequently 200 ft. high in a wild state, the trunk 7 ft. or more in 

 diameter above the buttressed base ; bark reddish brown. As seen in 

 cultivation it is a slenderly to broadly pyramidal tree, densely furnished to the 

 ground with frond-like branches. The leaf-bearing branchlets are borne in 

 two horizontally spreading ranks, usually more or less pendulous at the ends, 

 the final subdivisions flattened, ^V to ^ in. wide. Leaves minute, scale-like, in 

 four rows ; the lateral leaves considerably the longer, those underneath usually 

 glandular ; they have minute, abrupt points. The foliage is extremely variable 

 in shade, from deep green to a more or less glaucous green. Cones globose, 

 glaucous (finally brown), \ in. diameter ; scales eight. 



Native of Western N. America in Oregon and California ; introduced in 

 1854 to Lawsons 3 nursery at Edinburgh. It is now the commonest and most 

 valued of all cypresses, perhaps of all conifers, in gardens. It is very hardy, 

 but likes a good loamy soil and a moist climate. In poor soils it- is much 

 benefited by artificial watering during dry periods, also by occasional supplies 

 of manure water. It is remarkably prolific of seeds even in a young state, and 

 trees raised from them are no doubt best for forestry purposes. In N. America 

 it yields a very valuable timber, and is well worth trying under forest conditions 

 in this country. No conifer has produced so much variety in foliage and habit 



