Gardening for Amateurs 



Araucaria imbricata (Monkey Puzzle 

 or Chili Pine) is well known by reason of 

 its formal habit and spiny leaves. It gives 

 the best results in moist, well-drained soil. 



Wellingtonia gigantea. 



Gedrus (Cedar). The famous Cedar of 

 Lebanon, Cedrus Libani, is very decorative 

 when mature, its flat tabular crown sur- 

 mounting a stately trunk and branch system. 

 But for general planting C. atlantica and its 

 variety glauca are perhaps better adapted, 

 for their outline in a young state is infinitely 

 more pleasing than that of C. Libani. The 

 Deodar, C. Deodara, a native of the Hima- 

 layas, is rather more tender than the others, 

 but is well suited for the warmer parts of 

 the country. 



Cephalotaxus is a group of evergreen 

 shrubs of Yew-like appearance, but the 

 leaves are longer and brighter coloured than 

 those of the Yew. They are Chinese and 

 Japanese plants, and grow from 4 to 12 feet 

 high and as far through. The chief sorts 



are drupacea, Fortuni, and pedunculata. A 

 variety of the latter, called fastigiata, is of 

 similar habit to the Irish Yew. 



Cryptomeria japonica (Japanese 

 Cedar). This is a large-growing Japanese 

 tree, commonly called the Japanese Cedar on 

 account of its fragrant wood. It has several 

 varieties, of which the most distinct is 

 elegans. This is quite different in general 

 appearance from the type, and it bears much 

 longer and softer leaves, which turn from 

 green to brown in autumn and from brown 

 to green in spring. 



Cupressus (Cypress). These are 

 divided into two distinct groups, one group 

 being typified by the well-known C. law- 

 soniana, and the second by C. macrocarpa, 

 which is so common in the gardens of Devon- 

 shire and Cornwall. The lawsoniana group is 

 the hardiest, and the following is a selection : 

 C. lawsoniana, the Lawson Cypress, is a 

 large-growing tree, native of N. California 

 and Oregon. It is of pyramidal outline and 

 is furnished with branches from base to 

 summit. It has many varieties, which differ 

 from the type in habit or colour of foliage. 

 A few of the best are erecta viridis, green- 

 leaved, of stiff, erect habit ; aurea and 

 lutea, with golden leaves ; Silver Queen, 

 with silvery foliage ; intertexta. filiformis and 

 gracilis pendula, with secondary pendent 

 branchlets ; and compacta and nana, of dwarf 

 habit. C. nootkatensis is a vigorous tree 

 from Oregon and British Columbia ; it is 

 often called Thujopsis borealis in gardens, 

 and is surpassed in general beauty by its 

 variety pendula. C. pisifera is sometimes 

 called Retinospora pisifera. It is a native of 

 the mountains of Japan and offers several 

 very showy varieties. The most distinct 

 are plumosa aurea, argentea and flavescens, 

 all very pretty, whilst another decorative 

 kind is C. p. squarrosa. C. obtusa is another 

 Japanese kind sometimes referred to as 

 Retinospora. It forms a large-sized timber 

 tree in Japan, and in this country a small 

 decorative tree. There are a number of 

 curious and showy varieties, of which aurea, 

 Crippsii and gracilis aurea are grown for 

 their golden leaves ; and filicoides, lycopo- 

 dioides, nana and tetragona aurea for their 

 curious branch arrangements. The other 

 group is made up of the true Cypresses, of 



