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This is one of our handsomest ornamental evergreens but unfor- 

 tunately it does not do well in a dry climate. If it has sufficient 

 moisture it is very hardy and valuable. It is native to the moist 

 coastal region from southern Oregon to northern California. In 

 this very limited range this cypress sometimes attains a height of 

 175 feet. The wood is very aromatic and is made into clothes 

 chests and many other articles. It was formerly much used in 

 shipbuilding on the Pacific Coast. 



Almost seventy different garden varieties of this tree have 

 originated in one place or another. The leaves are exceedingly 

 minute and give the almost feathery fineness to the foliage. 



The tall bluish-colored tree close to this last one on its eastern 

 side is another Scarab Cypress. The shorter one in front of these 

 is another Lawson's Cypress. 



Xext along the path we see three low pendulous forms. The) 

 are 



Chamaecyparis nootkatensis var. pendula, the Weeping 

 Yellow-Cypress 



This is a weeping form of the Yellow Cypress which stands 

 farthest to the left. 



Behind the first of these pendulous forms are two trees next to 

 one another. They are 



Chamaecyparis thyoides, the Coast \\ bite-Cedar 

 This is the common White Cedar of the Atlantic Coast, some- 

 times known as Southern White-Cedar to distinguish it from ihe 

 Northern White-Cedar or Arbor-Yitae. 



Behind the right hand one of these and near the stone wall is 

 a pendulous form, 



Chamaecyparis nootkatensis var. glauca, the Blue 



Nootka-Cypress 



The next tall tree to the left close to the wall is a Lawson's 



Cypress and directly in front of it is a smaller Scarab Cypress. 



Xext are four more Scarab Cypresses, forming a rectangle with a 



