38 HARDY CONIFEROUS TREES. 



the scale tips, each about ^ an inch in length. The plant, 

 distributed under the name of C. cornuta, is identical with the 

 present species. Rarely does C. Goveniana attain to a 

 greater height than 20 feet, although a specimen growing in 

 the pleasure grounds at Churchill, in the North of Ireland, 

 is nearer 30 feet high. 



C. Goveniana g'lauca appears to be rare in cultivation, 

 but for ornamental purposes it is even superior to the parent. 

 It has a hoary and glossy blue tinge of foliage, not unlike 

 what we are accustomed to see in the best form oi Jimiperus 

 Sabina t an lai'isci folia. 



C. Lawsoniana, Murray. Lawson's Cypress. (^Syno- 

 nyms : Chavicecyparis Lawsoniana^ Sargent ; C. Boitrsieri, 

 Carriere.) North California (Shasta), Oregon. 1854. A 

 thoroughly hardy, free-growing, and beautiful tree, and one 

 that combines the useful with the ornamental in a high de- 

 gree. It has been planted largely in every part of the British 

 Isles, and in soils and situations that are widely different, yet 

 it is rare to find a diseased or unhealthy specimen. 



As an ornamental tree it is, perhaps, superfluous to say 

 one word in favour of this cypress, its qualities in this par- 

 ticular being well known and justly appreciated. We may, 

 however, refer to its cheerful and desirable shade of green, 

 and to the gracefully recurved and feathery-like foliage, neither 

 of which is surpassed by any other conifer. It is of columnar 

 habit, but not formal in outline, as it is relieved by the droop- 

 ing spray and elastic leading shoot, the latter being just 

 sufficiently tilted to one side to impart a pleasing finish to 

 the tree. The branchlets are slender and flattened, the 

 decurrent leaves arranged thickly in alternate opposite pairs, 

 while the usually solitary roundly-compressed cones are about 

 the size of peas, each composed of seven scales and about 

 nineteen seeds. The male catkins are bright red, and very 

 conspicuous. The timber is of a pleasing yellow colour, 

 remarkably close of grain, and takes a nice smooth polish. It 

 has been used for panelling and furniture with good results, but 

 out of doors it has not proved so lasting. The rate of growth 



