TREES AND SHRUBS 



(2-4) ; Fruit a cone, about size of large pea, clustered on upper lateral branchlets, 

 8 peltate, angular scales, very numerous, persistent ; seeds slightly winged, 3 or 

 more to each scale. 



Leaves very minute, closely imbricated, in alternate opposite pairs, obtuse or 

 acute, usually an obscure tubercle towards apex, dark glossy green tinged with 

 glaucous hue, persistent for 3-4 years. 



An evergreen tree, 75-100 ft. ; Branches short, spreading, horizontal, much 

 divided at extremities, curved, feathery, drooping; Bark brown, thick, round 

 scaly ridges ; Trunk comparatively slender. Wood yellow, light, close-grained ; 

 much used in N. America. 



Native of N. America, where it reaches height of 120-200 ft. Believed to 

 have been first discovered by Jeffrey, 1852-53. Named after Charles Lawson of 

 Edinburgh, who first raised trees from seed. Synonymous with Chamwcyparis 

 hvwsoniana (Gr. chamai, the ground, i.e. dwarf, and kuparissos, the Cypress). 



YELLOW CYPRESS, Cupressus nootkateusis. 



Parks, gardens. April. 



Mowers monoecious, minute ; Males on lateral branchlets of previous year, 

 8-10 stamens, sulphur-yellow ; Females clustered near ends of upper branchlets, 

 dark reddish-brown, scales bearing 2-4 ovules ; Fruit a cone, sub-globose, | in. 

 diam., nearly sessile, red-brown, scales 4-G, peltate, angular bosses erect, 

 prominent ; seeds 2-4 under each scale, \ in. long, red-brown, wings 

 broad. 



Leaves opposite in pairs, rounded, closely appressed, dark blue-green, some- 

 times glandular-pitted on back, ] in. long, on leading branchlets elongated, 

 acute, begin to die end of second year, fall in third, pungent when 

 crushed. 



An evergreen tree, 50-100 ft. ; with narrow pyramidal head ; Branches 



horizontal, spreading, ramifying, distichous, terete or flattened ; branchlets 



drooping, light yellow tinged red at first, afterwards red-brown, very aromatic 



resinous exudation ; Bark light grey tinged brown, fissured, scaly ; Wood 



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