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In cultivation this cypress grows into a luxuriant, pyr- 

 amidal tree, often broadening and losing its symmetry, 

 but redeeming it by the grace of its plume-like, outstretched 

 branches. One by one the native cypresses on the crum- 

 bling bluffs will go down into Monterey Bay, for the 

 imdermining process is eating out their foundations. 

 Wind and wave are slowly but surely sealing their doom. 

 But the species is saved to a much wider territory. 



The European Cypress 

 C. sempervirens, Linn. 



A tall, narrow pyramid of sombre green, the European 

 cypress is found in cemeteries in south Europe and every- 

 where, planted for ornament. This is the classic cypress, 

 a conventional feature of Italian gardens, the evergreen 

 most frequently mentioned in classical literature. Slow- 

 growing and noted for its longevity, it was the symbol of 

 immortahty. It is hardy in the South- Atlantic and 

 Pacific-Coast states, and is a favorite evergreen for hedges 

 in the Southwest. 



Three other members of the genus occur on mountain 

 foothills — one in Arizona, two in California — all easily 

 recognized by their scale-like leaves and button-like 

 woody cones, which require two years to mature. 



The White Cedar 



Chamaecyparis Thyoides, Britt. 



The genus chamaecyparis includes three American 

 species, of tall, narrow pyramidal habit and flat leaf-spray 

 like that of the arbor-vitae. Annual erect globular cones 

 of few, woody scales, produce one to five seeds under each. 



