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retained in connection with the juvenile forms of Chamaecyparis 

 and of other genera, as Thuja, which we shall see later. 



In some of these plants, especially if they have insufficient 

 nourishment, the pointed primordial foliage is retained longer than 

 usual. These forms if propagated by cuttings tend to retain the 

 juvenile foliage without change to the more adult type. By re- 

 peated successive cuttings through many generations of very dis- 

 tinct juvenile forms the man}- garden varieties which are about us 

 have been established. 



The foliage of these juvenile forms very closely resembles that 

 of some junipers, as we shall see. The leaves are usually pointed, 

 spreading, and in pairs but are softer and not so sharp as are 

 those of the junipers. Moreover, they are mostly marked with 

 whitish or grayish lines beneath, which is never the case in juni- 

 pers. The latter have whitish marks on the upper side of the 

 leaves. 



Frequently, however, one or more branches on these plants will 

 revert to the more natural foliage and be quite noticeable. We 

 shall see several examples of this. Occasionally, however, fruit is 

 borne on the juvenile foliage without change to adult form. Seeds 

 thus formed produce typical plants that do not retain their 

 juvenile foliage much longer than usual. 



In Japan the Sawara Cypress attains a height of 150 feet and a 

 girth of 25 feet. In that country it has long been cultivated in 

 gardens and temple grounds and its wood is used to some extent 

 as lumber. We shall meet other specimens of it and only by 

 repeated observation can its recognition be assured. 



After these two trees comes another Plumed Retinospora and 

 the last two tall trees completing the arc are Golden Plumed- 

 Retinosporas. Within this arc of taller trees are three smaller 

 bushier ones. The more open tree-like specimen is another Golden 

 Plumed-Retinospora whose colored foliage is exceptionally strik- 

 ing in summer. The other two more bushy and denser forms are 



Chamaecyparis pisifera var. plumosa sulphurea, the 



Sulphur-colored Plumed-Retinospora 



This is another very distinctive and handsome variety when its 



