CHAM^CYPARIS 



CHAM^DAPHNE 



287 



On. 50, p. 68. C. Nntlfacnxix is about as hardy as the 

 Japanese species. 



AA. Li's, -with glaucous or whitish marks beneath : 

 branches with horizontally spreading ramifications. 



Lawsoniana, Purl. (Cuprtssus Laivsoniana, Murr. ). 

 Tree, to 200 ft., witli horizontally spreading and usually 

 pendulous branches : branchlets frond-like arranged, 

 flattened : Ivs. closely appressed, obtuse or somewhat 



419. Chamaecyparis pisifera, var. squarrosa. 



acute, usually bright green, with a gland on the back : 

 staminate catkins bright jed (yellow in all other species) : 

 cone globose, about %in. across, red-brown and often 

 glaucous. From Oregon to Calif . 8.8.10:531. Gng. 2:327. 

 This is one of the most beautiful Conifers and very 

 variable, about 60 garden forms being cultivated in 

 European nurseries and collections. The following are 

 some of the best : Var. albo-spica, Hort. Tips of branch- 

 lets creamy white, of slender habit. Var. Alumi, Hort. 

 Of columnar habit, foliage very glaucous, with a bluish 

 metallic hue. The best blue columnar form. Var. ar- 

 g6ntea, Hort. Of slender habit, with very glaucous, 

 almost silvery foliage. Var. er6cta viridis, Hort. Dense, 

 columnar habit and bright green foliage. One of the most 

 beautiful varieties, but somewhat tender. Var. erecta 

 glauca, Hort. Similar in habit, but with glaucous foliage. 

 Var. filifbrmis, Hort. Branches elongated, somewhat 

 pendulous, with few lateral branchlets, of low, globular 

 habit. Var. glauca, Hort. Foliage of metallic glaucous 

 tint. One of the hardier forms. Var. gracilis, Hort. 

 (var. gracilis pendula, Hort. ) . Elegant light g^reen form, 

 with graceful, pendulous branchlets. Var. intertexta, 

 Hort. Glaucous form, of vigorous growth, with remote, 

 pendulous branches and distant, thickish branchlets. 

 Var. lutea, Hort. Of compact habit, young growth clear 

 yellow. G.C. III. 20:721. Var. nana, Hort. Dwarf , glo- 

 bose habit ; with some variegated and glaucous forms. 

 There are also different variegated forms with the habit 

 of the type. 



obtusa, Sieb. & Zucc. (Cuprtssus obtusa, Koch. Ret- 

 indspora obtusa, Sieb. & Zucc.). HINOKI CYPRESS. 

 Tree, to 120 ft., with horizontal branches : branchlets 

 frond-like arranged, flattened, pendulous : Ivs. bright 

 green and shining above, with whitish lines beneath, 

 thickish, obtuse, and very closely appressed, with a gland 

 on the back: cones globose, nearly Kin. in diam., brown. 

 Japan. S, Z. 121. G.C. IL 5: 236 R H. 1869, p. 97.- 



Var. albo-spica, Hort. Tips of branchlets whitish. Var. 

 aurea, Hort. Golden yellow. Var. breviramea, Rehder 

 ( C. breviramea, Max. Var. filicoldes, Hort.). Of slow 

 growth, with short and densely frond-like arranged 

 branchlets. G.C. 11,5:235. Var. gracilis aurea, Hort. 

 Graceful form, foliage bright golden yellow when young, 

 changing later to greenish yellow. Var. lycopodioides, 

 Carr. Low form, of somewhat irregular habit, with 

 spreading, rigid branches and thick, nearly quadrangu- 

 lar, dark green branchlets. Var. nana, Carr. Low form, 

 of slow growth, with short, deep green branchlets. Var. 

 pendula, Beissn. (C. pendula, Maxim.). Branches elon- 

 gated, thick and thread-like, pendulous, with few distant 

 branchlets. Var. pygmaea, Carr. Very dwarf form, with 

 horizontal, almost creeping branches, densely frond-like 

 branched. Exceedingly interesting form for rockeries. 



pisifera, Sieb. & Zucc. (Cuprtssus pisifera, Koch. 

 Retindspora pisifera, Sieb. & Zucc.). SAWABA CY- 

 PRESS. Fig. 417. Tree, to 100 ft., with horizontal 

 branches : branchlets flattened, distichously arranged 

 and some what pendulous: Ivs. ovate-lanceolate, pointed, 

 shining above, with whitish lines beneath: cones globu- 

 lar, %-% in. in diam., brown. S.Z. 122. G.C. II. 5:237. 

 This is, next to C. sphceroidea, the hardiest species, and 

 some varieties are much cultivated, while the type is 

 less planted. Var. aurea, Hort. Yellow foliage. Var. 

 filifera, Hort. (Retinospora filifera, Hort. C. obtusa fili- 

 fera, Hort.). Branches elongated and slender, thread- 

 like, gracefully pendulous, with distant branchlets and 

 Ivs. Very decorative forms. G.C. II. 5: 237. Var. plu- 

 mdsa, Hort. Fig. 418. Of dense, conical habit : 

 branches almost erect, with slender branchlets of 

 feathery appearance: Ivs. subulate, pointed and slightly 

 spreading, bright green. Intermediate between the 

 type and VAT. squarrosa. G.C. II. 5:236. Var. plumdsa 

 argntea, Hort. Tips of branchlets whitish. Var. plu- 

 mdsa aurea, Hort. Young growth of golden yellow color. 

 A very showy form. Var. squarrdsa, Beissn. & Hochst. 

 (Retinospora squarrosa, Sieb. & Zucc. R. leptoclada, 

 Zucc.). Fig. 419. Densely branched, bushy tree or 

 shrub, with spreading, feathery branchlets : Ivs. linear, 

 spreading, glaucous above, silvery below. A very dis- 

 tinct and beautiful variety. S.Z. 123. R.H. 1869, p. 95, 

 and 1880, p. 37. ALFRED REHDER. 



CHAM 52 DAPHNE (chamai, dwarf, and daphne, the 

 laurel in ancient Latin, alluding to its dwarf habit and 

 evergreen Ivs.). Syn., Cassdndra. Ericaceae. LEATHER 

 LEAP. Low shrub with evergreen, alternate small Ivs. : 

 fls. nodding in terminal, leafy racemes : 

 corolla urceolate-oblong, 5-lobed, with 

 5 included stamens: fr. a capsule. One 

 species in the colder regions of the 

 northern hemisphere. Low, hardy, 

 ornamental shrub, valuable for the 

 earliness of its pretty white fls. It 

 thrives best in a peaty and sandy, 

 moist soil. Prop, by seeds 

 sown in sandy peat, only 

 slightly or not covered, and 

 kept moist and shady ; also 

 by layers and suckers and 

 by cuttings from mature 

 wood in late summer under 



calyculata, Moench (Cas- 

 sdndra calyculata, Don). 

 Fig. 420. Shrub with spread- 

 ing or horizontal branches, 

 1-3 ft.: Ivs short-petioled, 

 oblong, obtuse, slightly ser- 

 rulate and revolute at the 

 margins, dull green above 

 and rusty-lepidote beneath : 

 fls. short-peduncled, nod- 

 ding; corolla white, oblong, 

 about % in. long. B.M. 1286. 

 L. B. C. 6: 530 ; 15: 1464; 

 16:1582. Em. 423. Var. 

 angustifdlia, Gray. Lvs. linear-lanceolate, undulate and 

 crisped at the margin. Var. nana, Lodd. One foot or 

 less high, with horizontal branches. L.B.C. 9:862. 



ALFRED REHDER. 



420. Chamaedaphne 

 calyculata (X %). 



