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This is the only speeies worthy of oultiyation, which can be grO*n in Wls- 

 tionsin. A very large tree, of the red cedar family, with excellent wood can 

 be found in the mountains in southern New Mexico, but it is doubtful if it 

 Would be hardy here. If it should be, it would be a great acquisition to this 

 class of timber trees. But the one We have deserves the most careful atten- 

 tion of the tree-growers of the state, and few trees will better repay the little 

 attention this tree requires. 



TAXODiUM:. ( Cypriss. ) 



A deciduous trees of large size in the south. Flower's monoecious on the 

 same branches. Sterile catkins, beai'ing 2 to 6 anthdr cells. Fertile catkins 

 ovoid, in small clusters, scaly with 2 ovules at the base of each scale. Cone 

 globulat, closed, composed bf very thick and angtilar Somewhat shield-shaped 

 scales, bearing two angled seeds at their base- Leaves linear, very small, 

 Numerous, two ranked on a very slender stalk ; bark pale-colored, smooth ; 

 wood light, but very durable ; trees grow very rapidly, with a straight stem. 

 The name is compounded of idzos (the yew) «j(?oj (resemblance). 



Although the tree is a native of the southern states; being seldom found in 

 quantities north of Virginiaj yet it is found in the swamps in New Jersey as 

 far north as New York, and when transplanted to dry land is found to be 

 perfectly hardj in that latitude. 



Says Fuller i " The valuable qualities of the cypress have been in a great 

 measure overlooked by those who require stakes in gardens, nurseries and 

 vineyards. Good cypress stakes can be grown much cheaper, and at home 

 than one could transport them ten or twenty miles, even if they cost nothing 

 more ; besides the convenience of having a supply always at hand when want* 

 ed is not a small item. Red cedar stakes, eight or ten feet long, in the vi- 

 cinity of New York, are worth from sixty to eighty dollars per thousand ; and 

 cypress stakes can be grown to that size in five or six years from seed, and 

 they are almost as durable. Ten thousand cypress trees can be grown on an 

 acre if planted in rows four feet apart; and one foot, apart in the row; and if 

 they are worth but five cents each at the end of five years, it will give us a 

 return of $600 per acre ; and allowing fifty per cent, of the amount for cost 

 of seed and cultivation, we then have a fair return for the use of the land. 

 The cypress is not very particular as to soil, but it will grow more rapidly in 

 moist soil than in dry. * » I have grown them successfully in high, dry, 

 gravelly soils, where scarcely any other tree would thrive, and I am quite 

 certain that any one can grow their own stakes much cheaper than they can 

 usually buy them. The young trees should be cut in spring, and the bark 

 taken off;* then place them where they will become seasoned before they are 

 used." 



If this tree be what it is here represented, it certainly deserves a trial, by 

 not only the nursery men, but by others and especially by the hop growerSj as 

 an easy means of supplying themselves with poles ; and by all land owners 

 for the sake «f the posts for fences which might be thus produced. We would 

 recommend for trial seeds procured from the most northerly groves on the 



