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CHAM^BATIA 



CHAM^CYPARIS 



foliolosa, Benth. Two to 3 ft.: Ivs. nearly sessile, 

 oval or ovate-oblong, closely tripinnately dissected, 

 lK-2Kin. long: fls. white, % in. wide, in 4-8-fld. 

 corymbs. B.M. 5171. ALFRED REHDER. 



CHAM.EBATIARIA. See Sorbaria. 

 CHAM.ffiCRASUS. See Lonicera, 



CHAMjffiCYPARIS (chamai, dwarf, and kuparissos, 

 Cypress; referring to its affinity). Conifers. Evergreen 

 trees, with opposite, scale-like Ivs. in 4 rows, densely 

 clothing the compressed branchlets : fls. monoecious, 

 small ; pistillate inconspicuous, globose ; staminate yel- 

 low or red, oblong, often conspicuous by their abun- 

 dance : cones small, globular, with 6-8 bracts, each bearing 

 2 or rarely 5, winged seeds, ripening the first season. 

 Closely allied to Cupressus, which differs by its larger 

 cones maturing the second year, the bracts containing 

 4 or more seeds, and by its quadrangular branches and 

 minutely denticulate Ivs. Five species in N. Amer. and 

 Japan, all very valuable timber trees in their native coun- 

 tries. Highly ornamental evergreen trees of pyramidal 

 habit, of which only C, sphcvroidea is fully hardy north, 

 while the Japanese species are hardy in sheltered 

 positions north to New England, and C. Latcsoni- 

 ana only from New York south. They grow best in 

 somewhat moist but well-drained, sandy loam and in a 

 partly shaded position, sheltered against dry winds. 

 C. Lawsoniana and C. obtusa like more dry, the others 

 more moist situations, and C. sphceroidea grows well 

 even in swamps. Prop, by seeds, sown in spring ; in- 

 creased also by cuttings from mature wood in fall, in- 

 serted in a sandy soil and kept in a coolframe or green- 

 house during the winter ; if in early spring gentle bottom 



ana, are readily increased in this way, while the typical 

 forms of C. Nutkaensis, obtusa and sphceroidea do not 

 grow well from cuttings; therefore for most varieties 

 veneer grafting on seedling stock during the winter in 



417. Chamsecyparis pisifera. 



heat can be given, it will hasten the development of roots 

 considerably. All the so-called Retinosporas and the 

 dwarfer forms, and most of the varieties of <7. Lawsoni- 



418. Chamaecyparis pisifera, var. plumosa. 



greenhouse is preferred, but dwarf forms always should 

 be grown from cuttings, as they often lose their dwarf 

 habit if grafted. The so-called Retinosporas of the gar- 

 dens, withlinear, spreading Ivs., are juvenile forms, which 

 have retained the foliage of the seedling state. There 

 are similar forms in Thuya. For their distinguishing 

 characters, see Betinospora. For the numerous garden 

 forms, see Beissner, Handb. der Nadelholzk., pp. 64-99. 



A. Lvs. green on both sides or paler beneath. 



sphaeroidea, Spach (Cupre"ssiis thuyoldes, Linn.). 

 WHITE CEDAR. Tree, to 70 or 80 ft., with erect, spreading 

 branches : branchlets irregularly arranged, spreading, 

 not pendulous, very thin and slender, flattened : Ivs. 

 closely imbricate, glaucous or light green, with a con- 

 spicuous gland on the back, fragrant: cones small, %in. 

 in diam., bluish purple, with glaucous bloom. From 

 Maine to Florida, west to Mississippi. S.S. 10: 529. -Var. 

 ericoides, Beissn. & Hochst. (C. ericoldes, Carr. Betin6s- 

 pora ericoides, Hort.). Compact shrub, of erect, dense 

 habit : Ivs. linear-lanceolate, spreading, with two glau- 

 cous lines beneath, coloring in winter usually reddish 

 brown. Var. Andelyensis, Carr. ( Retindspora leptocldda, 

 Hort. ) . Intermediate form between the former and the 

 type; bluish green, and of erect growth, with loosely ap- 

 pressed, lanceolate Ivs. ; often some branchlets with Ivs. 

 of the type and some with Ivs. of the var. ericoides. 

 R.H. 1869, p. 32, and 1880, p. 36. Var. glauca, Endl. (var. 

 Kewtnsis, Hort.). Of compact habit, very glaucous, with 

 silvery hue. Var. variegata, Hort. Branchlets partially 

 colored golden yellow. 



Nutkaensis, Spach (Cupressus NootkaUnais, Lamb. 

 TTiuydpsis borealis, Hort.). YELLOW CEDAR. Tree, to 

 120 ft., with ascending branches, pendulous at the ex- 

 tremities : branchlets distichously arranged, slightly 

 flattened or nearly quadrangular, pendulous : Ivs. densely 

 imbricate, usually dark green, acute, mostly without 

 glands : cones subglobose, nearly %in. in diam., dark 

 red-brown, with glaucous bloom. From Sitka to Oregon. 

 S.S. 10:530. R.H. 1869, p. 48. -Var. glauca, Hort. With 

 very glaucous foliage. Var. pendula, Hort. Distinctly 

 pendulous. There are some forms with variegated Ivs. 



