CONIFER.^ 



hard, brittle, close-grained, durable, yellow, fragrant with resinous odour, takes 

 good polish. 



Native of N. America, 120 ft. high. Named from Nootka Sound. Introduced 

 in 1851 from Botanical Gardens, St. Petersburg. 



OBTUSE-LEAVED JAPAN CYPRESS, Cnpressns obtnsa. 



Parks, gardens. April. 



Flowers monoecious ; 3fa/es terminal, cylindrical ; Females solitary at ends 

 of same branclilets ; Fruit a cone, globular, about size of a grape, scales 8-10, 

 cuneate at base, brown ; seeds short winged, 2 at base of each scale, in sunken 

 grooves. 



Leaves mostly in whorls of 4, decussate, ovate-rhomboid, blunt, seldom 

 pointed, closely adpressed, adhering nearly to points, only lower part visible, 

 light green, persistent on young plants for several years. 



An evergreen tree, 30 ft. ; Branches spreading, laterals fan-like, shining green ; 

 Wood heavy, fine-grained, white, taking high polish. 



Introduced from .Tapan, 1850 ; there 70-100 ft. Called by Japanese " Fu- 

 si-no-ki," tree of the Sun, and dedicated to God of the Sun. Syn. ChanKrcijparis 

 obtusa. Generic name from Gr. chamai, on the ground, and kuparissos, the 

 Cypress. Known in gardens as Betinospora obtusa. 



PEA-FRUITED RETINOSPORA, Cupresms pisifera. 



Parks, gardens. April. 



FloxveTS monoecious ; Males terminal on upper branclilets, cylindrical, obtuse ; 

 Females terminal ; Fruit a cone, ovate-globose, about size of large pea. scales 

 10-12, in opposite cross pairs, imbricated, ovate-rhomboid, acute, crenulatcd, 

 cuneate, resinous, woody, smooth, yellowish- brown ; seeds, 2 at base of each 

 scale, wings membranous, brown. 



Leaves in 4 rows, decussate, upper and lower ones ovate-lanceolate, tapering 



to hard point, keeled on back, smooth, lateral ones falcate, acute, 2 white 



glaucous bands beneatli, all scalc-Hke. imbricated. 



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