Retinispora tetragona aurea 
or Cupressus obtusa, var. filicoides aurea 
Garden Variety. 
Nat. Order : ConIFERA. Tribe : CupRESSINEA. 
Cupressus obtusa, var. filicoides aurea, Veitch, Manual, ed. He 220 % 
Retinispora tetragona aurea, Hort. 
Also called Chamecyparis. Thisis one of the most distinct 
and beautifully coloured of all the genus. The leaves are 
short, scale-like, and of the richest golden yellow colour, 
shading into green. It is a very slow grower, having, after 
more than twenty years of careful cultivation in the best of soil 
and in perfect shelter, only attained a height of five feet. The 
circumference of the branches is fourteen feet. It is in a 
compost of peat-leaf soil and loam. It is a garden variety, 
and in my opinion is one of the most interesting and beautiful 
plants we have. I have called this plant Retimzspora because 
that is its common name; but Mr. Harry Veitch, than whom 
there is, I suppose, no better authority on cultivated plants, tells 
me that its correct name is Cupressus obtusa, var. filicoides 
aurea. It originated in the Elvaston nurseries, near Derby. 
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