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spring colour and their rich russet autumnal bronze 
tints ? 
We used to learn in early days from a book of 
verses that 
The English Oak is a sturdy fellow, 
He gets his green coat late. 
The Deciduous Cypress gets his still later, but it lasts 
longer, on well towards February in the young trees 
planted in these hereabouts. 
Another little idiosyncrasy of this peculiar tree 
should not be overlooked by the enterprising planter, 
‘and that is its capacity to flourish in water. How 
many visitors at Kew in their day must have wondered 
mightily at the strange sight of a well-grown tree of 
respectable girth and respectable height, with a goodly 
part of his trunk-length immersed in the midwaters 
of a pond, and still for all that looking as happy and 
contented with lifeas a duck ina lily pond! We have 
no prehistoric swamps here or pine-barren ponds 
available in our chain-harrowed lands to indulge 
experiments in, but the sight of that Kew specimen 
enjoying himself like a cow in summer cooling in a 
stream and seeking relief from summer flies, or an 
enthusiastic otter-hunter watching a ford, ought to 
incite the adventurous among planters-out to make 
search for wet depressions or driéd-up waterholes 
that could be refilled, wherein trial of this effect 
might be made. 
The Deciduous Cypress is so unlike any other tree 
that there is no need to say much upon clues to 
identification. We will submit a few points that 
perhaps may help a stranger to quicker identification. 
_ (1) The leaves are arranged in two ranks, are 
very small, about 4-inch long. At first 
they are bright green, with silvery under- 
neath surface. They turn in autumn into 
