24 SUPPLEMENT TO THE PINETUM. 



half to three-fourths of an inch in diameter, and generally com- 

 posed of ten scales in opposite pairs ; scales, irregularly shield- 

 shaped, four or five-sided, and rising in the centre to a broad 

 point, those nearest the apex of the cone being the smallest, 

 most acute, and much more elevated than the rest ; seeds, nume- 

 rous under each scale, more or less angular, and furnished with 

 a membranaceous wing on the margins ; seed-leaves in twos. 



A very elegant small tree, with slender drooping branches 

 and branchlets, very similar in appearance to those of the female 

 form of the Chinese Juniper (Juniperus Chinensis), especially 

 when young and before fruiting. 



It is found in Japan and the northern parts of China, where 

 it is called " Fi-moro" (slender or pendulous), and no doubt the 

 real weeping Cypress of China; Fortune's funebrial Cypress 

 being so considered is an error. 



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CuPRESSUs Knightiana, Perry, Mr. Knight's Mexican 



Cypress. 



Syn. Cupressus elegans, Low. 



A fine, strong, growing kind, with the younger branches of a 



violet or glaucous colour, and the handsomest and hardiest of 



the Mexican kinds. 



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 Cupressus Lawsoniana aurea, Waterer, the Golden Variety 

 of Lawson's Cypress. 

 A pretty variegated variety, with some of the lesser spray, 

 and leaves of a golden yellow, scattered all over the plant. 



It is a very desirable variety when well variegated, which 

 originated in the nursery of Mr. John Waterer, at Bagshot. 



Cupressus Lawsoniana argentea, Lawson, Lawson's Silver 

 Variegated Cypress. 

 Another very desirable variety, with some of the lesser 

 branchlets and leaves of a silvery white, intermixed all over the 

 plant, so as to give it quite a variegated appearance. 



