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bridges, a day may dawn when all these three, Lusi- 
tanica, Arizonica,’ and Glabra, will be regarded as 
still nearer akin, if not as actual identities, and one 
and'the same, rather than in the character that they 
dre now looked upon, as tricky impersonation agents 
one of the other. 
The C. MacnaBiana, a native of California, is 
a bushy several-stemmed tree, that makes but an 
infrequent appearance with us. It came to England 
in the middle of last century. It has been found 
short-lived here, and has not been in much request 
for cultivation. 
The CASHMERIANA may have, and has, we are told, 
many merits of beauty and interest, but as it only 
seems to flourish in hot-houses, with one exception 
mentioned at Rostrévor (Sir John Ross), it rather 
passes away from any category of trees that we are 
likely to meet with. 
The GovENIANA (from California) though possessing 
some points of comparison to which we have called 
attention, never seems to have gained the confidence 
of nurserymen or planters, and for the substantial 
reason that it has been tried and found guilty of an 
unpardonable brevity of life in English climates. 
CHAMACY PARIS 
Group A: C. Lawsoniana, C. NootKATENsIs, C. 
Ostusa, C. THyoipes, C. PISIFERA 
When I am dead, my dearest, 
Sing no sad song for me ; 
Plant thou no roses at my head 
Nor shady cypress tree. 
CHRISTINA RossETT1, 
C .LAwsonrana.—When we read that the Lawson 
Cypress has no less than forty-eight varieties it is 
