(94) 



Chamaecyparis pisifera var. filifera aurea, the Golden 

 Thread-Retinospora 



This second example of compound variation is very distinctive, 

 with its slender string}' branchlets of yellow. Another specimen 

 stands somewhat concealed to the left of the last Dwarf Hinoki- 

 Cypress and directly behind the last Plumed Retinospora. 



The Golden Thread-Retinospora is a very striking plant during 

 summer, when its golden color stands out against a green back- 

 ground. It is admirably suited for giving a splash of color to 

 masses of darker planting. 



In a great man}- horticultural forms of evergreens the particu- 

 lar feature that makes a plant this or that variety or form is 

 noticeable at only certain seasons and at other times may be absent. 

 In the specimen before us the yellow or golden color of the tips 

 of the foliage is conspicuous only in the early summer. This fact 

 must be borne in mind when we consider any colored variety of 

 evergreen. 



The taller trees that stand in a towering mass behind these six 

 are 



Chamaecyparis pisifera var. plumosa aurea, the Golden Plumed 



Sawara-Cypress 



Known also as the Golden Plumed-Retinospora these are merely 

 the golden variety of those we have already noted along the flower 

 bed. They, too, show their varietal coloring only in summer. 



At the end of the double row of Golden Thread-Retinosporas 

 stands a taller Slender Hinoki-Cypress already referred to. Be- 

 yond it, also along the bed, are eight feathery bushy evergreens in 

 a row. If it is late spring or summer we will notice that five of 

 them are yellowish, the third, fourth, and last three going down 

 the bed, while the others have the bluish green we have already 

 encountered. The latter three are Moss Retinosporas (p. 92). 

 while the five yellowish ones are 



Chamaecyparis pisifera var. pseudo-squarrosa sulphurea, 



Sulphur-colored Moss-Retinospora 



