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case it often happens that the foliage is too delicate to with- 

 stand the effect of the direct rays of the sun. B. orientdlis, 

 var. elegantissima, is an upright somewhat loose-growing 

 form with the young foliage prettily variegated with yellow 

 and green. B. o. var. Sieboldii, syn. B. Japonica is a very 

 hardy and ornamental compact conical shrub, retaining its 

 pleasing bright verdure throughout the winter. The variety 

 glainca is of rather irregular growth, with reddish-brown bark 

 and dark green and glaucous foliage,, It is said to be tender, 

 but we have not observed that it has been affected by the cold. 

 B. Tartdrica is a distinct and very hardy form of dense erect 

 habit with dark green shining foliage, and B. pyramiddlis is 

 still narrower in outline. These two are sometimes considered 

 as slight variations of a species distinct from B. orientalis, but 

 the intermediate gradations will not admit of that view. B. o. 

 pygmcea is a very dwarf slow-growing kind with glaucous 

 foliage, and J5 o. compdcta is also exceedingly small in 

 stature with very slender branchlets and bright green foliage. 

 We might go on enumerating varieties, but the above include 

 all that is best of the genus, and collectors will necessarily have 

 a more complete guide than this work. We may add the 

 following names for the purpose of showing their place. 

 B. monstrosa, macrocdrpa, grdcilis, syn. B. Nepalensis, 

 falcata and argentea. This species is a native of India, China, 

 and Japan, and many of the most marked varieties have been 

 imported direct from the two latter countries. 



15. CUPELS SUS (including Chamcecyparis in part). 

 Evergreen shrubs or trees with minute scale-like imbri- 

 cate or linear-acute spreading leaves and monoecious flowers. 

 Fruit globular, composed of peltate ligneous persistent scales 

 separating at maturity to free the usually numerous slightly- 

 winged seeds. Species numerous, occurring in Asia from the 

 Black Sea, through the mountains of India to China, and in 

 .North America. The classical name of the Upright Cypress. 

 We must limit ourselves to descriptions of the hardier species, 

 and append a list of the tenderer sorts that will only succeed 

 in Britain in a few favoured spots. 



I 1. G. Lawsonidna. A highly ornamental tree from 80 to 

 100 feet high with elegant drooping branches and very slender 

 flexible crowded feathery branchlets. Leaves dark glossy green, 

 more or less tinged with a glaucous hue, very minute and 



