CONIFERS AND PINES iii 



vars. nana, nana aurea, and filifera aurea. The 

 forms of C. thyoides also do well when raised from 

 layers. 



Thuya. — ^These are propagated in much the same 

 way as the Cupressus, viz., the species by seeds, and 

 the varieties by cuttings or by grafting in the case of 

 the one or two highly variegated forms. Some of 

 the green or glaucous varieties of both Cupressus 

 and Thuya will come fairly true from seed, from 

 40 per cent, to 70 per cent, being the usual quantity 

 of seedlings true to name. Variegated forms from 

 seed either come green or a mongrel mixture of 

 green and variegated. 



LiBOCEDRUS. — This should be raised from seed, 

 as when grafted on Thuja orientalis — a too common 

 method of propagation — it makes a miserable speci- 

 men. The middle pair of scales in the cone of 

 Libocedrus alone contain fertile seeds. 



SciADOPiTYS and Taxodium — These can only be 

 propagated by seeds, and the young plants should 

 have a fairly moist position with plenty of leaf- 

 mould or peat to grow in afterwards. 



Sequoia. — The two species of Sequoia should 

 be raised from seed, and the three or four varieties 

 be grafted on the type species. 



Cryptomeria. — This only contains one species, 

 viz., C. japonica, which can only be obtained, from 

 seed, or by cuttings ; and the varieties root readily 

 as cuttings, though one or two of the weaklier ones 

 do better if grafted on C. japonica. 



Araucaria. — Propagate by seeds, which, though 



