500 LANDSCAPE GAEDENING. 



our nurseries, it is sold as the Weeping deciduous cypress; 

 and we think it is generally regarded by those who have it in 

 this country (which are very few), as identical with our South- 

 ern deciduous or Swamp cypress, and only a pendulous and 

 more delicate variety of it; this is also the classification 

 of the English. Under this embarrassment, we sent specimens 

 of the three varieties to that distinguished botanist, Dr. Gray, who 

 replied that, in his opinion, " the Genus Glyptostrolm will be 

 adopted as distinct from Tazodium, though most resembling 

 it;" that Glyptostrobus s. pendulus and Taxodium s. pendulum 

 are the same thing, under different names ; " while G. hetero- 

 phyllus is the allied species, and probably not distinct." 



The Taxodium pendulum is one of the most graceful and 

 exquisite little trees, which will survive the rigor of our north- 

 ern winters. With us, as before stated, it is untouched by the 

 severest weather. 



The resemblance to the Southern deciduous or Swamp cy- 

 press, which has led to its being confounded with this variety 

 is chiefly in the autumn, when the leaves are expanded and 

 spread out very much like it ; but in the earlier spring months, 

 they are twisted and compressed around the stem, having a 

 very peculiar wavy and curled appearance. 



At Newport, in New Jersey, and at Flushing, this tree is 

 returned as hardy and very superb. 



Juniperus. THE JUNIPEK. 



Of this large and important family of plants, J. Virginiana, 

 commonly called the Red Cedar, was the only variety men- 

 tioned by Mr. Downing. The name itself is derived from the 

 Celtic word Juneprus, meaning rough or rude, from the stiff 

 character of the plants, or from Juniores pariens, the old and 

 young leaves and berries being on the plant at the same time. 

 There are some twenty-six to thirty varieties known and cul- 

 tivated in Europe, of which nineteen or twenty have reached 

 the collections in this country. 



Of these, alphabetically, the first on the list is J. Bed- 

 fordiana, a slender variety of J. Virginiana, found on 



