78 Illustrations of Conifers. 



CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA. Var. blkoaks (Masters). 



.Tourn. Linn. Soc. Hot. Vol. XVIII. p. 497 (1881). 



Veiteh's Man. Conif. erf. 2, p. 264 (1900). 



Trees of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. I. p. 180 (1906). 



This variety is bushy in habit and smaller than the ordinary form 

 figured in Vol. II. p. 69. The juvenile foliage which is retained 

 throughout the life of the tree bears the same relation to the type 

 as Retinwpora squarrosa does to Cupressm plsifera. 



Branches short, horizontal ; branchlets decurved at the tip. 

 Leaves spirally arranged and decurrent on the branchlets, linear, 

 flattened, spreading or curving downwards, sharp pointed, grooved 

 on both surfaces, light green in colour, changing in late autumn 

 and winter to a reddish-bronze colour. Cones like those of the 

 type. 



This very distinct form is known in Japan as to-sugi, meaning 

 Chinese Crypto meria, and is said to have been introduced from 

 China. It was introduced into England in 1861 by John Could 

 Veitch from Japan. 



The specimen illustrated was grown at Bayfordbury. 



