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Lambert.) “ Bush or small tree, with slender, drooping branches and branch- 
lets ;”’ the latter sometimes even thread-like, and collected in clusters along 
the branches. The garden variety flagelliformis belongs to this species. 
Generally cultivated in China and Japan for its peculiar appearance. 

Cedrus. CEDAR. Male and female flowers on same tree; leaves ever- 
green and many in a cluster; cones smooth, oval, erect, and with the scales 
_ separating from the axis; seeds 2 under each cone-scale, containing much 
turpentine. Fine trees from India or Northern Africa, 
Cedrus Atlantica, M/anetti, Mount ATLAS CEDAR, AFRICAN CEDAR. 
(Pinus Cedrus Atlantica, Parlatore; Cedrus Africana, Gordon; Abies At- 
lantica, Lindley; Pinus Atlantica, Endlicher.) From the mountains of 
Algiers, where it grows 100 feet high, and has, when old, a flat top. Hardy 
here under slight protection and in favorable localities. 
Cedrus Deodara, Zoudon. DEODAR or INDIAN CEDAR. (Pinus Deo- 
dara, Roxburgh ; Abies Deodara, Lindley ; Cedrus Indica, De Chambr.) In 
the Himalayas it grows to a great size. Its success here is very doubtful. 
Cedrus Libani, Barretier. CEDAR OF LEBANON. (Pinus Cedrus, Lin- 
neus,; Abies Cedrus, Poiret; Larix Cedrus, Miller.) This historic species is 
hardy as far north as Philadelphia. It is a magnificent tree, with wide- 
spreading horizontal branches, and, in the old trees, a flat top. Apart from 
its associations, it is worthy a place in every park. It was once supposed to be 
peculiar to Mount Lebanon, but is now well known to have a much wider range 
in North Africa. Among its varieties are argentea, Loudon, which has leaves 
of a silvery white hue on eitherside. nana, Loudon ; is a dwarf, not exceeding 
3 feet in height, with short shoots and leaves smaller than those of the species. 
* pendula, Avigh¢; has slender pendulous branches, which contrast strongly 
with the horizontal branches of the original species. 
Cephalotaxus. Much like the Yews. Male and female flowers on differ- 
ent plants, the female flower with the ovule enclosed in a cup-like organ, 3 or 
4 of them being collected into a sort of head; the male clusters are also 
aggregated into a head. 
Cephalotaxus drupacea, Siedo/d. PLUM-FRUITED CEPHALOTAXUs. (Ce- 
phalotaxus Fortunti femina, Carriere; Podocarpus drupacea, Hort.; Taxus 
baccata, Thunberg; Taxus Faponica, Hooker.) A compact evergreen, 30 
to 40 feet high. From China and Japan. Hardy here, and is an addition to 
our list of trees. 
Cephalotaxus Fortunei, Hooker. FORTUNE’S CEPHALOTAXUS. ( Cepha- 
lotaxus filiformis, Knight ; Cephalotaxus Fortunei pendula, Carriere; Cepha- 
lotaxus Fortunei mas, Hort.) Chinese tree, 40 feet high, having slender 
drooping branches, and requiring care to make it succeed here. 
Cephalotaxus pedunculata, Siede/¢d. LONG-STALKED CEPHALOTAXUSs. 
(Zaxus Harringtonia, Loudon; Taxus Sinensis, Knight.) Japanese tree, 
20 to 25 feet high, with many spreading branches, which often encircle the 
stem in whorls. 
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Cryptomeria. A group of Chinese and Japanese trees, with woody, glob- 
ular cones, the scales of which have divided or fringed edges; male and 
