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Araucaria inVbricata, Pav. 



Chili and Patagonia. The male tree attains only a height of 50 feet, 

 but the female reaches 150 feet. It furnishes a hard and durable 

 timber, as well as an abundance of edible seeds, which constitute a 

 main article of food of the natives. Eighteen good trees will yield 

 enough for a man's sustenance all the year round. In our lowlands 

 of comparative slow growth, but likely of far more rapid development, 

 if planted in our ranges. 



Callitris quadrivalvis, Vent. 



North Africa. A middling-sized tree, yielding the true Sandarac 

 resin. 



Cephalotaxus Fortunei, Hook. 



China and Japan. This splendid yew attains a height of 60 feet, and 

 is very hardy. 



Cryptomeria Japonica, Don. 



Japan and Northern China. A slender evergreen tree, 100 feet high. 

 It requires forest valleys for successful growth. The wood is compact, 

 very white, soft and easy to work. 



Cupressus Benthami, Endl. 



Mexico, at 5 to 7,000'. A beautiful tree, 60 feet high. The wood is 

 fine grained and exceedingly durable. 



Cupressus Lawsoniana, Murr.* {Chamcecyparis Lawsoniana, Pari.) 

 Northern California. This is a splendid red-flowered cypress, growing 

 100 feot high, with a stem of 2 feet in diameter, and furnishes a 

 valuable timber for building purposes, being clear and easily worked. 



Cupressus Lindleyi, Klotzsch. 



On the mountains of Mexico. A stately cypress, up to 120 feet high. 

 It supplies an excellent timber. 



Cupressus macrocarpa, Hartw* (C. Lambertiana, Gord.) 



Upper California. This beautiful and shady tree attains the height of 

 150 feet, with a stem of 9 feet in circumference, and is one of the 

 quickest growing of all conifers, even in poor dry soil. 



Cupressus Nutkaensis, Lamb. {Chamcecyparis Nutkaensis, Spach.) 

 North- West America. Height of tree 100 feet. Wood used for boat- 

 building and other purposes ; the bast for mats and ropes. 



Cupressus oMusa, F. von Muell. (Retinospora obtusa, S. & Z.) 



Japan. Attains a height^of 80 feet ; stem 5 feet in circumference. It 

 forms a great part of the forests at Nipon. The wood is white-veined 

 and compact, assuming, when planed, a silky lustre. It is used in 

 Japan for temples. There are varieties of this species with foliage of 

 a golden and of a silvery-white hue. 



Two other Japanese cypresses deserve introduction, namely : Cupr. 

 breviramea {Chamcecyparis breviramea, Maxim.), and Cupr. pendens, 

 {Chamcecyparis pendula, Maxim.) 



Cupressus pisifera, F. von Muell. {Chamcecyparis pisifera, S. & Z.) 

 Japan. It attains a height of 30 feet, producing also a variety with 

 golden foliage. 



Cupressus sempervirens, L. 



Common Cypress of South Europe. Height of tree up to 80 feet. It 

 is famous for the great age it reaches, and for the durability of its 

 timber, which is next to imperishable. At present it is much sought 

 for the manufacture of musical instruments. 



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