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TREES OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES 



GENUS 101. TAXODIUM. 



Leaves deciduous, spreading, in 2 ranks. Flowers mo- 

 noacious on the same branch, the staminate ones in 

 spikes, and the pistillate ones in pairs below. Cones 

 globular; the scales peltate, angular, thick, firmly closed 

 till ripe, with 2 angular seeds under each. 



Taxodium distichum, Richard. 

 (SOUTHERN OR BALD CYPRESS.) Leaves 

 deciduous, flat, linear, } to % in. long, in 

 2 rows on the slender branchlets, forming 

 feather-like spray of a light green color. 

 This whole spray usually falls off in the 

 autumn as though a single leaf. Cones 

 round, closed, hard, 1 in. in diameter. A 

 fine, tall (100 to 125 ft. high), slender, 

 spire-shaped tree with a large, spread- 

 ing, rigid trunk, 6 to 9 ft. thick, and 

 T. distichum. peculiar conical excrescences (called 



knees) growing up from the roots. j_ 



Wild from Maryland south, and u 



cultivated and hardy in the Middle 



and many of the Northern States. 

 Var. pendulum, with horizontal 



branches and drooping branchlets, 



has the leaves but slightly spread- 

 ing from the stems, especially 



when young. Very beautiful; hardy 



as far north as Massachusetts. 



Var. pendulum. 



GENUS 1O2. SEQUOIA. 



Flowers monoecious, terminal, 

 solitary, catkins nearly globular. 

 Seeds winged, 3 to 5 under each 

 scale. 



1. Sequ6ia gigantea, Torr. (BiGOR 

 GREAT TREE OF CALIFORNIA.) Leaves 

 on the young shoots spreading, needle- 

 shaped, sharp-pointed, scattered spi- 

 rally around the branchlets ; finally 



8. gier&ntea. 



