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travel,—he had not better equipped himself with some 
smattering of knowledge, at least, of tree lore and 
plant life. Then something more tangible might have 
remained for ever and ever by him, something deeper, 
something more lasting, than a mere recalling from 
those early days’ wanderings of the collective features 
of certain sceneries and a few impressionist memories 
of country-sides passed through. LEheu! fugaces. 
labuntur anni. Alas! the days that are gone, and 
the years that have flown by. 
CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA, var. ELEGANS.—As the 
Cupressus Pisifera has its juvenile form of variety 
called Squarrosa, so has the Cryptomeria also its 
jugend form—that is to say, its primordial, or first 
leaves, do not change to adult form. The difference 
between these two is, in reality, so manifest that it 
would not be worth mention were it not for the fact 
that on some occasions I have noticed that the casual 
observer, who knows one by name, is rather prone 
to apply this to the other. The briefest comparison 
between the two side by side dispels any doubt on 
the subject for ever and aye. While the branchlets 
of the C. Squarrosa are composed of frondose sprays, 
from the little branchlets of the C. Elegans the 
primordial leaves spread outwards at right angles. 
on all sides. While on the subject of leaves it may 
be noticed that the leaves of the C. Elegans are rather 
reflexed than incurved, and so of reverse shape to 
those of the Cryptomeria Japonica. 
No one can find fault with the high-sounding name 
Elegans, except on those not infrequent occasions 
on which its various stems break away from the 
perpendicular, and produce a sprawling, and, at 
variance with its description, inelegant effect. 
The tree, however, stands pruning well, and a 
little judicious lopping will often relieve the situation. | 
