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During the dormant season these eight shrubs look all alike but 

 when new growth appears the light-yellowish foliage on five of 

 them is very striking. These yellow ones obviously are merely 

 forms of the Moss Retinospora. All these specimens show the 

 very attractive appearance which Veitch's Retinospora may exhibit 

 at its best. 



The last evergreen in the row at the corner of the bed is an- 

 other Plumed Retinospora. 



Now we shall turn the corner and observe that a path or open- 

 ing extends into the group behind those we have just noted. At 

 the left side of this opening behind those last ones along the 

 flower bed are three more Plumed Retinosporas while on the right 

 hand side are several golden forms of this variety. 



Let us now go into the opening. Behind the first two trees 

 along the right-hand side as we go in the next two are Plumed 

 Retinosporas. Beyond the second of these the line of taller trees 

 curves in an arc to the right. The first two trees in this arc next 

 to the last Plumed Retinospora are 



Chamaecyparis pisifera, the Sawara Cypress 



This is one of two kinds of Cypress native to Japan. It has 

 given rise to a great many valuable horticultural forms which we 

 are now encountering. 



Trees of the genera Chamaecyparis, Thuja, Juniperus, and cer- 

 tain others have two kinds of leaves, the one scale-like and the 

 other pointed. The latter form occurs only in young plants, 

 especially seedlings, to be lost later in their development. This 

 so-called primordial foliage is very different in appearance from 

 that of the adult plants. The occurrence of these two kinds of 

 foliage on the same plant was not always known and when these 

 plants were first studied they were regarded as entirely different 

 according as they had scaly or pointed leaves. The name Retinos- 

 pora was assigned to the pointed juvenile forms of the two 

 Japanese Cypresses. Later, when their identity was disclosed, 

 these trees were given the generic name of the adult trees. But 

 in horticultural nomenclature the name "Retinospora" has been 



