74 WEST-AMERICAN 



Tenth Genus, CHAM/ECYPARIS 



Spach. 



FLAT-BRANCHED CYPRESSES. 



Very graceful Northern trees, branchlets forming 

 flat, horizontal sprays of foliage, and leaves two- 

 ranked; cones very small, J to \ inch thick, maturing 

 in one year; seeds few, narrowly winged. One species 

 in the Eastern States, two in the Northwest: 



No. 1 Alaska CypreSS Oh. Nutkcensis, Spach. 



Abundant around Puget Sound and northward on 

 the islands and peninsulas of Alsaka. Branchlets 

 strongly declined, giving the tree a dejected appear- 

 ance. Timber a bright, clear yellow, highly prized 

 for cabinetwork, and often called "Alaska Cedar." 



No. 2 LaWSOn CypreSS - - Gh. Lawsoniana, Parlat. 

 Most beautiful of ornamental trees, with its fan-like, 

 horizontal or declined sprays of foliage, and, in the . 

 season, its numerous small globular cones. Much in 

 cultivation on the Pacific Slope. Timber light cream 

 color, very serviceable, with a satin gloss and a pun- 

 gent, aromatic odor. Known in Oregon as "Port 

 Orford Cedar." 



