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winds. Port-Oxford and Hinoki Cypresses like drier, the others, 

 more moist situations and C. thyoides grows well in swamps. All 

 the Retinosporas and dwarf er forms may be increased by cuttings 

 and in others veneer grafting is preferable. 



The cypresses are the first evergreens we have met so far with 

 scaly leaves in their wild forms. It is difficult at times and well 

 nigh impossible to distinguish their foliage from that of the Arbor- 

 Vitae which we shall soon see. Both genera differ markedly, 

 however, in their fruit, which is seldom present to assist in dis- 

 tinguishing them. The cone of Thuja is small and elongate with 

 each scale as long as the whole cone while that of Chamaecyparis 

 is also small but more globose and composed of shield-shaped 

 scales. 



