TREES AND SHRUBS 



frondose, brittle ; b7-anchlets usually alternate, bright green ; Bark brownish- 

 red ; Wood heavy, soft, yellowish-white, easily worked, fragrant. 



Introduced from Japan, 1844; there called " Suga " = evergreen, or " Suga- 

 mats " = evergreen fir. 



DECIDUOUS CYPRESS, Taxodiuvi distklmm. 



Parks and gardens by banks of sti'eams or marshy ground. May. A tree 

 of great beauty, distinct among Conifers by reason of its red autumn foliage 

 and peculiar root protuberances. Propagated by cuttings of shoots in sandy 

 soil imder handlight or in cold frame in September ; layering in September ; 

 seeds in light soil outdoors in March, or pans or boxes of light soil in cold 

 frame or greenhouse in March, transplanting to nursery bed when large enough 

 to handle. 



Floxvers monoecious ; Males in long, flexible, pendulous panicles, 4-5 ins. 

 long, pyramidal ; Stamens 6-8 ; Females 2-3 together near males, semini- 

 ferous scales formed by an outgrowth from the upper side of the bract scale, 

 each bearing 2 erect ovules ; Fruit a cone, ovate, about as large as pigeon's 

 egg, pendent at ends of branches, scales thick, dull brown ; seeds ^ in. long, 

 2 at base of each scale. 



Leaves deciduous, in 2 opposite rows (distichous), linear-lanceolate, flat, 

 rather distant, pectinate, horizontally spreading, twisting at base, linear, sharply 

 pointed, somewhat arching, convex outwards, bright yellow-green, ^ in. long, 

 jig i»- broad. Autumn tint dull red. 



A deciduous tree, 80-90 ft. ; Brandies stout, stiff", horizontal, ascending at 



ends, laterals rather pendulous ; hranchlets short, very slender, feathery ; Stem 



usually liollow at base, deep longitudinal furrows ; Roots with conical 



excrescences l|-2 ft. high, 4-.'5 ft. thickness, always hollow (cypress knees), 



smooth, soft, reddish bark, produced in greatest abundance in situations subject 



to inundations ; Heartxvood of reddish colour, light, not strong, soft, durable, 



little resin. 



Native of N. America, in swampy regions, hence name of Swamp Cypress ; 



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