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sulphurous color shows on the new growth in summer, changing" 

 the plant into a great yellow ball. Close comparison with the 

 neighboring tree will show that this variety differs from var. 

 plumosa aurea in its more delicate foliage, not so distinctly plumed 

 but finer, as well as in its more compact habit. There is another 

 and very similar specimen which we can see tucked in behind 

 those yellow string}- shrubs along the flower bed. 



On one of these specimens we should notice our first example 

 of reversion which we mentioned as being frequently found in 

 these plants. One of these three shrubs at least presents a branch 

 whose foliage is different from that on the rest of it but which 

 matches with that of the Golden Plumed-Retinospora close by. 



Let us now return to the main path along the road and proceed 

 eastward. We should first notice a single bluish feathery Moss 

 Retinospora or Veitch's Sawara-Cypress surrounded by the 

 Golden Plumed-Retinosporas, already noted. Directly behind it 

 the tallest tree is the Sawara Cypress we spotted from within the 

 group. There is another apparently cut-off specimen of this last- 

 mentioned species as well as another Plumed Retinospora a bit to 

 the right and behind the last Golden Plumed-Retinospora along 

 the path. Their foliage should betray them. 



Next we come to seven stringy yellow- foliaged plants, two of 

 which are somewhat separated from the others. They are Golden 

 Thread-Retinosporas. Behind them the tall trees in the back- 

 ground are mostly Plumed Retinosporas. The bushy bluish feath- 

 ery plant close to the path that separates the last of the yellow 

 ones from the others is a Moss Retinospora or Veitch's Sawara- 

 Cypress, with its bluish foliage. 



To the left of it and behind the fifth Golden Thread-Retinos- 

 pora is another yellowish form with flat frond-like foliage. It is 



Chamaecyparis obtusa var. crispata aurea 



In this specimen we discover another feature of all these forms 

 which should be understood. This name of var. crispata aurea 

 has been retained for this plant and others like it though it is 

 not to be found in general usage. It is a name assigned by the 



