CONIFERS 



Native of California; seeds first sent to Europe, 1838; said to grow better 

 here than in its native home on Pacific Coast. Syn. C. LambertiaTia. Specific 

 name from Gr. makros, long, karpos, fruit. 



EVERGREEN CYPRESS, Cupressus sempervirens. 



Parks, gardens. May. Thrives best in warm, sandy, or gravelly soil. 



F/oive?-s monoecious; Males numerous, yellow, ^ in. long, stamens 10-12. 

 decussate, bearing 3 pollen-sacs; Females fewer, 2-5 polyhedral, about 12 poly- 

 gonal scales in decussate pairs, ovules several ; Fruit a cone, globular, 1-lJ in. 

 diam., light brown, scales angular, peltate, corky outside, woody within, arranged 

 in whorls separating at maturity ; seeds several under each scale, yellowish- 

 brown, angular, \ in. long, covered with thin membranous skin. 



Leaves small, closely imbricated, in opposite pairs, smooth, shining, 

 yellowish-green, persistent 5-6 years, acicular on main stem. 



An evergreen tree, 50-60 ft. ; usually flame-shaped, tapering, stem below 

 branches very short ; Branches erect, close to trunk, much divided, in one plane, 

 forming frond-like sprays; br-anchlets quadrangular; Bark scaly, reddish- 

 brown ; Wood hard, close-grained, resinously fragrant, reddish-brown, practically 

 indestructible. 



Native of S. Europe, Asia Minor, and Persia. Believed to have been brought 

 from Italy by Turner and planted at Syon House sometime before 1548 ; in 

 Italy reaches 120 ft. ; two specimens still living planted by Michael Angelo 

 (1475-1563). 



LAWSON CYPRESS, Cupressus Imisomana. 



Parks, gardens, plantations. April, May. 



Floivers minute, monoecious, terminal, on separate branchlets ; Male flowers 



numerous, at tips of short branchlets of previous year, cylindrical, bright crimson, 



stamens with 2-6 antlier cells, usually produced when tree is young ; Females of 



few alternating whorls of small dark, ovate, acute bract scales, ovules several 



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