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CHAM^BATIA 



!oliol6sa, Benth. Two to 3 ft.: Ivs. nearly sessile, 

 oval or ovate-oblong, closely tripinnately dissected, 

 iy.-2y^ui. long: fls. white, %m. wide, in 4-8-fld. 

 corymbs. B.M. .WTl. Alfred Rehder. 



CHAM.iEBATlAEIA. See Sorbaria. 



CHAM.ffiCfiKASUS. See Lonicera. 



CHAMa;CtPAEIS (ehamai, dwarf, and kuparissos, 

 Oypress; referring to its affinity). Conifene. 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, nii.1 I'v it< .piMilrriTiL'iilnr ItmivIh-s and 

 minutely dentii-u I:.'. !•■ ■ IL. -t,,,.,-ii, \ \i.iir.and 

 Japan, all very \;i' ''am- 



tries. Highly oni , iiuidal 



habit, of which oil I.. (■..;:/..',",./... i- inilylMi-.l; mirth, 

 while the Japanese species are hanly in siii-ltered 

 positions north to New England, and C. Lmrsioni- 

 ana only from New York south. They grow best in 

 somewhat moist but well-draim-d. stiiuly loam and in a 

 partly shaded position, sli. li. r. .1 :i^:iiii^t drv 

 C.Lawsoniana a.nA C.I'' '• ' i ■ Iry.the 

 more moist situations, .in ' ■ -' grow 



even in swamps. Prop. !-> -> m-, -.> n m spring; in- 

 creased also by cuttings li\,iii nmiiui- u.mhI 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 



inds 



well 



417. Chamaecyparis 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 C. Lawsoni- 



CHAM^CYPABIS 



(tna, are readily increased in this way, while the typical 

 forms of U. Nutkaensis, ohtusa and sphmroidea do not 

 grow well from cuttings; therefore for most varieties 

 veneer grafting on seedling stock during the winter in 



-^.i.« 



greenhou 

 be grown 

 habit if f,i 



plumosa 



M 1 1 111 dwarf forms alwavs should 

 tlit% often lose their dwarf 

 I 1 Retinosporas of the gar- 

 dens witliln I l\ are Tuvenile forms which 

 liar ] t n II I II i^ 1 the seedling statt There 

 ar II il I I II 111 Ihina For their distinguishing 

 fti II I I / 'ni^'ipoKt For the numerous garden 

 tiiiii I 1 n I Handb der J^adelholzk pp b4-99. 

 i J I rjinn on both sides 0} paler beneath 



sphaeroidea, Spach {Ciipr^sius thuyoldei Lmn.). 

 \\ HiTi ( toAR Tree, to 70 or 80 ft , with erect spreading 

 l»r<iiRhts. 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. Jiin. 

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

 MainetoFI.Mil:,, M -fi-^Ii-sissippi. S.S. 10: 529.-Var. 

 ericoides, 1 '• i a ll ' i i ('.ericoldes,Ca,rr. Hetinis- 



pora erir,./,! ;l • pact shrub, of erect, dense 



habit: lv>. i,i.,. 1 1, spreading, with two glau- 

 cous lint-s hriir.L'.ii, . mIui.ii^' lu wluter usually reddish 

 brown. Var. Andely^nsis, Carr. (Rethinspom h plurlaila, 

 Hort.). Intermediate form between tbi- f.iniiir iumI the 

 type; bluish green, and of erect growth. \\ irli li.,.^. ly op- 

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

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

 R.H. 1809, p. 32, and 1880, p. .36. Var. glailca, Endl. (var. 

 h'l-ife'nsix, Hort.). Of compact habit, very glaucous, with 

 silvery hue. Var. varieg4ta, Hort. Branchlets partially 

 colored golden yellow. 



Nutkafensis, Spach {Cuprissus Nootkatfnsis, Lamb. 

 Thuydpsis boreAUs,UoTt.). 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 Hiu. in diam., dark 

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

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

 very glaucous foliage. Var. pfendula, Hort. Distinctly 

 pendulous. There are some forms with variegated Ivs. 



