158 CYPRESSES AND ‘JUNIPERS 
Some Points OF DIFFERENCE AMONG THE: : 
CUPRESSINEZ TRIBES: 
All those who start upon the long, long quest’ a a 
perfected knowledge in all the varied intricacies of 
the family tree of all the Cupressinee cannot ‘hope 
for anything otherwise than to find themselves 
puzzled on the early stages of their journey, if not 
hopelessly adrift amidst the clouds of embarrassment. 
And further, it will probably call forth no mean 
exercise of patience on the part of the more perfunc- 
tory student—I exclude from this category thé 
botanical expert and specialist—before he can hope 
to see these clouds lift. An ascendancy over the 
initial mysteries of the cone differences is the first 
rung of the ladder of experience upon which to obtain 
a footing, and this will carry the aspirant farther, 
anyhow, than many of those that he meets. in the 
ordinary walks of life. 
DIFFERENCES IN THE CONE, OR STROBILE, STRUCTURE 
OF THE CUPRESSINEZ TRIBE OF TREES 
The cones, or strobiles as they are sometimes called, 
of the Cupressi, Thuyas, and Junipers—all of them 
sub-tribes of the great Cupressinee Tribe—are of a 
totally different appearance. When you have even 
glanced at an illustration of them you cannot but 
feel that you have conquered the first position of the 
entanglement. The acquired knowledge of the differ- 
ence between chalk from cheese is an accomplishment 
that calls for no more power of attainment than 
mastery over the differences of a Cupressus and a 
Thuya cone, and the fact that these members of the 
Coniferz are prolific cone bearers and cone dispersers 
adds materially to the ease and convenience of the 
would-be student, - 
