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having its stem much divided, and its branohlets smaller than in 

 the species, 



Cupressus nutkaensis glauca differs from the species only in 

 the appearance of the foliage on which the glaucescence is milch 

 more highly developed. 



Cupressus nutkaensis was discovered by Archibald Menzies in 1794, 

 from whose specimens, collected at Nootka Sound, Vancouver's Island, 

 it was described by Mr. Lambert in his great work, The Genus Pinus. 

 It was introduced to European gardens by the late Dr. Fischer, of 

 St. Petersburgh, under the name of Thuiopsis borealis, the name by 

 which it is still generally known among horticulturists. It is essentially 

 a northern tree, and one of the hardiest as well as one of the 

 handsomest of Cypresses. It thrives in any ordinary soil, not too 

 dry, and it is one of the best of Conifers for lawns and for small 

 gardens where the larger kinds are inadmissable. 



Cupressus nutkaensis is the " yellow Cypress of the colonists in 

 Vancouver's Island and British Columbia. The wood is whitish, but 

 in its fresh state it is yellow. In quality it is light, tough, durable, 

 easily worked, and has a pleasant fragrance ; it is very indestructible 

 in the ground, and on that account, is used for stakes, pickets, &c, 

 and by the Indians of the north-west Territory it is manufactured into 

 articles for domestic use, hunting, fishing, &c."* 



Cupressus sempervirens. — The evergreen Cypress, of which two 

 forms are common in the south of Europe and Asia Minor, but 

 only one is generally planted in England. This is the fastigiate or 

 upright kind, a tall tapering flame-shaped tree, with erect branches, 

 growing close to the trunk, and with frond-like branchlets covered 

 with smooth imbricated yellowish-green leaves. The cones or strobiles 

 are about an inch in diameter, and are generally produced in pairs. 



Habitat. — The Mediterranean region, especially the Levant and 

 the Greek Archipelago ; also westwards as far as the Himalayas. 



Introduced into England prior to 1548, in which year it is 

 mentioned by Turner in his "Names of Herbes." 



Cupressus sempervirens horizontalis has its branches spreading 

 instead of erect, but differs in no other essential character from 

 the upright kind. 



The two forms above described are analogous to two similar forms 

 * Mr. Robert Brown in the Gardeners' Chronicle, 



