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case it often happens that the foliage is too delicate to with- 
stand the effect of the direct rays of the sun. JB. orientilis, 
var. elegantissima, is an upright somewhat loose-growing 
form with the young foliage prettily variegated with yellow 
and green. B. o. var. Siebdldii, syn. B. Japénica is a very 
hardy and ornamental compact conical shrub, retaining its 
pleasing bright verdure throughout the winter. The variety 
glateca is of rather irregular growth, with reddish-brown bark 
and dark green and glaucous foliage. It is said to be tender, 
but we have not observed that it has been affected by the cold. 
B. Tartérica is a distinct and very hardy form of dense erect 
habit with dark green shining foliage, and B. pyramiddlis is 
still narrower in outline. These two are sometimes considered 
as slight variations of a species distinct from B. orientalis, but 
the intermediate gradations will not admit of that view. B.o. 
pygmea is a very dwarf slow-growing kind with glaucous 
foliage, and B. 0. compacta is also exceedingly small in 
stature with very slender branchlets and bright green foliage. 
We might go on enumerating varieties, but the above include 
all that is best of the genus, and collectors will necessarily have 
a more complete guide than this work. We may add tha 
following names for the purpose of showing their place. 
B. monstrosa, macrocérpa, grécilis, syn. B. Nepalénsis, 
falcata and argéntea. This species is a native of India, China, 
and Japan, and many of the most marked varieties have been 
imported direct from the two latter countries. 
15. CUPRESSUS (including Chamecyparis in part). 
Evergreen shrubs or trees with minute scale-like imbri- 
cate or linear-acute spreading leaves and moncecious flowers. 
Fruit globular, composed of peltate ligneous persistent scales 
separating at maturity to free the usually numerous slightly- 
winged seeds. Species numerous, occurring in Asia from the 
Black Sea, throngh the mountains of India to China, and in 
North America. The classical name of the Upright Cypress. 
We must limit ourselves to descriptions of the hardier species, 
and append a list of the tenderer sorts that will only succeed 
in Britain in a few favoured spots. 
1. C. Lawsoniina.—A highly ornamental tree from 80 to 
100 feet high with elegant drooping branches and very slender 
flexible crowded feathery branchlets. Leaves dark glossy green, 
more or less tinged with a glaucous hue, very minute and 
