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The leaves are very small and delicate, and as they ex- 

 tend out in two ranks from the thread-like twigs, look 

 much like fine ferns. The small linear leaves and the 

 spray drop off together in the autumn, as I can find much 

 of last year's foliage on the ground still fastened to the 

 twigs. I could not see any flowers, though I looked from 

 early in the spring till the middle of the summer; then I 

 saw a few of the globular green cones, almost an inch in 

 diameter, showing that it had bloomed. Next spring I 

 shall begin to look for the blossoms before the leaves 

 come out. 



On the ground, about 6 feet from the tree, there are four 

 very strange knobs which I did not notice till I stumbled 

 over one of them. They seem to grow from the roots, and 

 are quite soft and reddish in color. 



No. 3. 



I have found twenty -two Bald Cypresses in Trenton; 

 they are all beautiful conical trees, and seem to grow well 

 in almost any soil, as I have found some in very wet 

 places and some in dry, sandy soil. They look from their 

 position as though they had been planted out, and as I 

 have found none in the woods around the town, they are 

 probably not native in this region. They are from 50 to 

 nearly 100 feet tall. I found one 96 feet high. They are 

 all of a very symmetrical, conical form, and pointed at the 

 top; in no case has the trunk divided into branches, and 

 on the old trees the trunk enlarges curiously near the 

 ground, the lower portion being very rough with ridges. 

 The bark is very thick and rough, and is so soft that a 

 pin can readily be pushed through it to the wood. The 

 branches are very numerous and small, and are not regu- 

 larly arranged in whorls like most of the narrow-leaved 

 trees. These branches all slope upward from the trunk, 

 the ends having a tendency to bend downward and make 

 delicate drooping spray, with very small, linear, entire 



