XOTES ON FOREST AND ORNAMENTAL TREES. 11 



aurea, or Golden Arbor Vitae, and Retinospara Juniperoidis, 



is sterile, hence propagated exclusively from cuttings, yet it is vari- 



>le in form. Most of the plants take after the Golden Arbor Vita? 

 form: that is. they are dwarfs, in which the main stem is lost in 



mierous, erect, latently, compressed, and compactly standing branches. 



fe\v giow to be tall pyramids, or become excurrant with open, hori- 

 )iital branches, as the type form of Biota arientalis. The foliage of 

 them takes after the Retinospara. The compact dwarfs are very orna- 



ntal when young, but, in time, they lose their compactness and be- 

 mie unsightly. 



It may he of biological interest to cite that about eight years ago 

 Mr. Baker, a iniisei yinan, of Fort Worth, brought us a Eosedale Hybrid 

 that by hud variation had produced 'one well-developed branch of the 

 Golden Arbor Yitse. 



r//y/yv.vx (('H/.ITXSUS sempervireus, Ver. liorizontalis, Mill.). Four 

 specimens exist on the campus. One, planted about thirty years ago 

 and stan dino- j n Bermuda sod, was severely injured about seventeen 

 yea is a 1.0 by fire, from which it seems to be slowly recuperating. The 

 other three were planted in 1894; the largest of these is 26 feet high 

 (Plate IX). 



Cupressus liorizontalis is native of the Mediterranean countries of 

 Europe, where it reaches a great age, and attains a height of 75 to 80 

 feet, and lends an enchanting aspect to the rugged hillsides, where it 

 is especially clustered. It is undoubtedly hardy in our climate, and 

 glows luxuriantly even on our hard, shallow soil. Its hardiness is fully 

 demonstrated by the persistency of the old crippled specimen mentioned 

 above. This tree ought to, at least to some extent, replace the monoton- 

 and prosaic Bed cedar which is used so much in our ornamental 

 plain ing in the South, because it far excels that tree both in growth and 

 in beaut v. 



Glaucous Cypress (Cupressus glauca, Lamyn., C. luciteanica and C. 

 prtn/iild. L. Hiret) is native of India, but has become naturalized in 

 Portugal. A beautiful pyramid tree of rapid growth and with lower 

 branches gradually pendulose; the color of the foliage and young shoots 

 is bright grayish-green. 



Our specimen was planted in 1894, and is now 18J feet tall. When 



"t tall its top was killed during a severe winter, but it soon recuper- 



rated by making a new top. This very beautiful and rapid-growing 



cypress will undoubtedly be hardy further South, but is here liable to be 



killed in severe winters. 



Lou-son's Cypress (Chama^cyparis Lawsonia, Murr) was planted at 

 the same time as C. glauca, stands close by it, and is nearly of the same 

 height. This cypress has passed through the winters without serious 

 injury. It is a beautiful pyramidal tree,with Arbor VitaB-like pendulous 

 leaf-branches, of bright green color; thrifty, but scarcely as luxuriant 

 grower as the former. 



Deodar Cedar (Cedrus Deodara. Laud). Native of the Western flanks 

 of the Himelava, where it grows to a height of 150 feet. The Deodar 

 cedar is one of the most handsome and largest evergreens in the world; 

 of pyramidal form, with straight, tapering stem, horizontal, or slightly 

 pendulous branches, and dense bluish-green foliage. We have only one 



