DECIDUOUS TREES. 125 
g Lombardy Poplar are the two extremes in the great tree 
family—one is all tears; the other, a stoic of the tallest 
kind. The following are some of the most beautiful orna- 
mental varieties—Rosemary-leaved, Ring-leaved, American 
Weeping or Fountain, Kilmarnock, and Golden Variegated. | 
Taxopium. (Cypress.) 
The Cypress is one of the few deciduous coniferous trees 
that are indigenous to the United States. It grows to a 
very large size in the Southern States, particularly in the 
rich alluvial soils adjacent to the large rivers of that sec- 
tion. There is but one species east of the Rocky Mount- 
ains. ; 
Taxopium pbisticHuM (Cypress).—Leaves linear, very 
small, numerous, two ranked on a very slender stalk; 
cones globular, about two inches long, with thick scales ; 
seeds two-angled ; bark pale-colored, smooth ; wood light, 
but very durable; tree grows very rapidly, with a straight 
stem. Although this tree is a native of the Southern 
States, seldom being found in quantities north of Virignia, 
yet it is perfectly hardy as far north as New York. The 
valuable qualities of the Cypress have been in a great 
_ measure overlooked by those who require stakes in gar- 
dens, nurseries, or vineyards. Good cypress stakes can 
he grown much cheaper and at home than one could trans- 
port them ten or twenty miles, even if they cost nothing 
more; besides, the convenience of having a supply always 
at hand when wanted is not a small item. Red cedar 
stakes, eight to ten feet long, in the vicinity of New York, 
are worth from sixty to eighty dollars per thousand; and 
