Cupressus 1 1 8 3 



C. Macnabiana, which was 55 ft. by 6 ft, 3 in. in 1907. There is also a fine tree in 

 the old deer park, Castlemartyr, about 60 ft. high, which Henry saw in 1907. At 

 Birr Castle, King's County, the Earl of Rosse informs us that there is an old tree, 

 8 ft. in girth at 2 ft. from the ground, and dividing above this into many stems. 



In England we have distinguished as belonging to var. Benthami a tree at 

 Lamorran, Cornwall, which Mr. A. B. Jackson measured as 49 ft. high in 1909. 



At Culver, Exeter, a tree, raised from seed brought by Mr. Byrom from the south 

 of France in 1879, measured, in 1909, 35 ft. high, and 7 ft. in girth close to the ground. 



In a sheltered dell at Bicton, there is a tree — No. 286 in the Bicton MS. 

 catalogue — of var, Benthami, which, though the main stem is broken off some 

 distance from the ground, measured, in 1906, 56 ft, in height, and \2\ ft. in girth at 

 the base. There are two tall trees, close to it, of which No. 290 is typical C. lusitanica, 

 and No. 2^4 is C. torulosa. No. 283 in the same dell, a tall narrow tree, labelled 

 C. religiosa, and 55 ft, by 7 ft. in 1909, is C. lusitanica, var. Benthami. There was 

 formerly a tree of var. Benthami growing near the Rhododendron dell at Kew, which 

 was cut down about twelve years ago. A specimen preserved in the Arboretum 

 herbarium shows that it produced fruit freely. 



In Ireland the largest tree of this variety grows on Fota Island (Plate 302), and 

 measured no less than 75 ft. high by 7 ft. 4 in. in girth in 1908, Lord Barrymore 

 informs us that his beautiful specimens of Abies religiosa and Pinus patula were 

 sent by J. Knight in 1844, and planted in 1847. He suspects that this tree, long 

 known under the name C. Lindleyana^ was of the same origin. There is another of 

 similar habit at Woodstock which in 1909 was 57 ft, by 6 ft. 3 in. 



In the nursery of Rovelli Freres at Pallanza, there is a fine specimen of typical 

 C. lusitanica, 50 ft, by 6 ft. 8 in. in 1909, which is erroneously labelled Cupressus sp., 

 Hills of India.^ Var. Benthami is represented by several large trees, which are 

 named incorrectly C. elegans and C. Hiigelii. (H, J, E.) 



CUPRESSUS ARIZONICA 



Cupressus arizonica, Greene, in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, ix. 64 (1882); Rusby, in Bull. Torrey Bot. 

 Club, ix. 79 (1882); Masters, in Gard. Chron. x. 364 (1891); Sargent, Silva N. Amer. x. 105, 

 t. 526 (1896), and Trees N. Amer. 78 (1905); De Wildeman, Icon. Hort. Then. iv. iii, t. 

 145 (1903); Purpus, in Mitt. deut. dend. Ges. 1904, p. 50, t. iv. ; Eastwood, Trees of Cali- 

 fornia, 17 (1905)- 



Cupressus guadalupensis, Sargent, Tenth Census Report, U.S. Forest Trees N. Amer. 180 (1884) 

 (not Watson). 



Cupressus Benthami, Endlicher, var. arizonica. Masters, Kew Hand-list Coniferce, 37 (1896), and in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. {Bot.) xxxi. 340 (1896). 



A tree attaining in Arizona a height of 70 ft. and a girth of 12 ft. Bark 

 reddish brown, separating on the surface into long shreds, which are about i in. or 



' This name goes to show that Knight and Perry raised from Mexican seed both the type C. lusitanica {C. Lindleyi) 

 and the variety C. Benthami (C. Knightiana). 



' This is erroneously referred to it in Mitt. deut. dend. Ges. 1906, p. 98, as a juvenile form of C. torulosa. The small 

 plants at Pallanza, labelled " Cupressus from Kumaon," are very glaucous, and may be a form of C. lusitanica; but are too 

 young to be accurately determined. I have raised plants, which have hitherto proved hardy at Colesbome. 



