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Chamaecyparis thyoides, the white cedar. The ordinary forms 
of this are too large to come within the scope of this article, but 
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ot Retinispora leptoclada) forms a dwarf bluish green plant of 
erect habit; the leaves sometimes of two kinds, short and closely 
appressed and longer and loosely spreading. The variety er7- 
coides has a dense irregular habit, the leaves lanceolate and 
spreading, coloring reddish brown in winter. 
Chamaecyparis Lawsoniana var. Alumii. This is an excellent 
will ae some aaa for it to outgrow the ceils 2 dw. 
also known as Rett ee 
are several deeatile dwarf forms of this, all with short, thick, 
scale-like closely appressed leaves. Var. compacia, with a dense 
olden 
branches spreading, the dark green branchlets almost quad- 
rangular, a curious form. 
maecyparis pisifera, the Sawara cypress. There are two 
desirable varieties of this, quite unlike in general appearance. 
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permanently yellow form of this is known as aurea. The other 
is var. squarrosa Veitchit, a dense compact shrub, with the 
branchlets feathery, the spreading linear leaves silvery below, 
and becoming a bronzy brown in winter. his latter is of 
striking apg d adds a distincti h ter to the group. 
