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20 TREES AND SHRUBS 

female flowers on the same tree; leaves sharp-pointed, 4-sided, and somewhat 
curved, 
Cryptomeria elegans, Veitch. ELEGANT JAPAN CEDAR. (Cryptomeria 
Faponica elegans, Hort.; Cryptomeria gracilis, Hort.) Large Japanese tree, 
which will hardly succeed here. 
Cryptomeria Japonica, Dow. JAPAN CEDAR. (Cupressus Faponica, 
Thunberg ; Taxodium Faponicum, Brongniart.) From China and Japan, 
where it grows 50 to 60 feet high. Occasionally hardy here. It has, among 
others, the following varieties: nana, /ortune ; not over 3 feet high, and, as 
Gordon says, resembling a Juniper. spiralis, //or¢., has the leaves mostly 
incurved and twisted and placed spirally around the younger shoots. 
Cunninghamia. A middle-sized tree from the warmer parts of China, 
having the sexes on different branches of the same tree. The proper cone- 
scales are reduced to mere rudiments ; whilst the bracts (outside) are greatly 
enlarged, sharp-pointed, and toothed, in fact resembling in place and function 
the true scales. We have here a single species: 
Cunninghamia Sinensis, 2. Brown. CHINESE CUNNINGHAMIA. (Cun- 
ninghamia lanceolata, Van Houtte; Abies lanceolata, Desfontaines; Pinus 
lanceolata, Lambert; Araucaria lanceolata, Hort.) Hardy in England, but 
somewhat doubtful here. 
Cupressus. Cypress. A handsome genus of about 17 species, most of 
which, however, will not stand our climate. It may be characterized thus :— 
Trees and shrubs with fruit composed of hard, shield-shaped scales, which 
separating at maturity allow the winged seeds to escape; foliage either small, 
scale-like, and appressed, or larger leaves, which are longer, linear, sharp- 
pointed, and opposite. 
Cupressus funebris, Zadlicher. WEEPING or FUNERAL CYPRESS. (Cze- 
pressus pendula, Hort.) 1s from Japan, and in the Park list, but probably too 
tender for our climate. 
Cupressus Lawsoniana, A/urray. LAWsON’s CypREss. (Chamecyparis 
Boursierti, Carriere; Chamecyparis Lawsoniana, Parlatore.) A most strik- 
ingly handsome tree from Northern California, reaching there a height of 
100 feet. The slender branchlets and bluish-green feathery foliage are pecu- 
liarly beautiful. Tolerably hardy here. It has the following varieties: aurea, 
Waterer ; variegated with scattered golden-colored branchlets and leaves. 
This variety has also produced one (at least) new form. argentea, //o7‘. ; 
SILVER-LEAVED LAwson’s CypREss; has in the younger shvots a decidedly 
bluish-gray (glaucous) color, compacta, //oopfes,; is a compact form origi- 
nating in the grounds of the late William Reid. erecta, /Yor¢. ; is a pyramidal 
variety, with branchlets of a bright green color. gracilis, //or¢.,; ‘a dense 
bush with beautiful feathery appearance and a deep glossy green color.” 
lutea, Nol/isson ; has all the smaller branchlets of a conspicuous golden color. 
nana, //ort.; is not more than 2 feet high; compact in form:and with many 
small, imbricated, glaucous branchlets; leaves small and ovate. ‘This has also 
produced a form, axgentea, now in the Park. Nicea, ?; also appears in 
the grounds. pendula alba, /au/, has drooping branchlets of a bright 
silvery hue. 

Cupressus macrocarpa, //artweg. LAMBERT’S CYPRESS. (Cupressus 
Lambertiana, Gordon; Cupressus Retnwardti, Hort. ; Cupressus Hartwegt, 

