44 HARDY CONIFEROUS TREES. 



C. nootkatensis argfentea varlefifata differs 



only in having some of the branches spotted with, or wholly, 

 creamy-white. 



C. nootkatensiS com pacta is characterised by a 

 dwarfer and more compact habit of growth than the type, 

 and is valuable where space is limited, or for variety. 



C. nootkatensiS lutea, of which there is a large 

 specimen at Penrhyn Castle, in Wales, is far more ornamental 

 than the typical tree, the branch tips being of a light and 

 pleasing yellow colour. In this variety, the branchlets, being 

 pendulous, and hanging limp and easy for fully I foot in 

 length, render the trees both distinct and desirable. 



C. nootkatensiS penduia is remarkable for the 

 graceful pendulous foliage, which reminds one of that of the 

 weeping-willow. It is a very distinct form from the Milford 

 Nurseries, Godalming, but, so far as I know, is not yet gener- 

 ally cultivated. 



C. (Retinispora) obtusa, Koch. {Synonyms: Cha- 

 iwxcyparis obtusa^ Siebold et Zuccarini; Retinispora obttisa, Sie- 

 bold ; Thuya obtiisa, Masters.) Mountains of Japan. Although 

 of rather stiff habit, the outline being regularly conical, dense 

 growth, and sombre hue, there is something remarkably pleas- 

 ing and distinct about a well-grown specimen of this Japanese 

 conifer. In this country the tree has attained, in some few 

 instances, to nearly 30 feet in height, with crowded branches 

 and flattened frond-like branchlets, well supplied with small 

 scale-like light green leaves. The cones are quite round, 

 about half an inch in diameter, and composed of from eight 

 to ten scales, having an umbo on their outer surface. 



C. obtusa fiiicoides, when seen in good form, is a 

 desirable variety, in which the equally arranged fern-like 

 branchlets, furnished with the brightest green foliage, which is 

 of a silvery tint beneath, are points of special recognition. 

 The leaves are imbricated in four rows, and the cones are 

 rounded and fully one-fourth of an inch in diameter. 



C. obtusa fit if era is rendered distinct from every 

 other variety by reason of the long, pendulous, thread-like 



