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Fig. 409.— Cupressus Lawsomana 

 erecta viridis. 



Cupkessus (including Chamcecyparis in part). — Shrubs 

 or trees with closely-appressed scale -like leaves, and 

 spherical or oblong strobiles. We limit our selection to 

 the hardier kinds. 



C. Latvsoniana. — This 

 is one of the hardiest 

 and most ornamental of 

 Conifers, seeding freely 

 in this country, and giv- 

 ing birth to innumerable 

 slight varieties. In its 

 native country it grows 

 from 80 to 100 feet high. 

 In a young state its 

 crowded, slender, droop- 

 ing feathery branchlets 

 are very elegant. One 

 of the best and most 

 distinct varieties is that 

 called erecta viridis (fig. 

 409). The following 

 names indicate the na- 

 ture of the varieties they 

 designate : — compacta, 

 laxa, lutea, gracilis, 

 gracilis aurea, glauca 

 stricta, nivea, minima, 

 juniperina, and pendula 

 vera. Other handsome 

 forms are intertexta, 

 Frascri, Alumi, and dar- 

 hyensis. Upper Cali- 

 fornia, 1855. 



C. Macnabiana (C. glandulosa). — A shrubby species, 

 from 10 to 15 feet high. North California. 



C. macrocarpa (C. Lambertiana). — Although killed in 

 very severe winters, this is so very handsome and so well 

 adapted for the south and west coast, that we recommend 

 it for the situation indicated, and for elevated inland 

 localities. It does exceptionally well near the sea. The 

 variety tutea is a handsome yellow-lea ved form. Upper 

 California, 1838. 



C. nootkatensis {Thujopsis boreal is) (fig. 410).— A fast- 

 growing perfectly hardy tree, 80 to 100 feet high, densely 

 branching, with slender drooping branchlets in the young 

 state. North-western America, 1851. 



0. thyoides (Chamcecyparis sphceroidea), White Cedar. 

 — A tree 30 to 60 feet high, with slender, not plaited 

 branchlets. It is quite hardy, and flourishes best in wet 

 ground. There are among others, a handsome variegated 

 variety with yellow and green foliage, and one with very 

 glaucous Leaves. It inhabits the swampy parts of the 

 United States of North America, 1736. 



Ginkgo biloba (Salisburia adiantifolia), Maiden-hair 

 Tree. — A hardy deciduous pyramidal tree, attaining a 

 height of 50 or more feet. Its remarkable fan-shaped 

 coriaceous leaves are very peculiar in this family. China 

 and Japan, 1754. 



Juniperus. — The Junipers for the most part thrive 

 best in humid localities, many of them becoming infested 

 with the red spider when planted in dry situations. The 

 common Juniper is an exception. 



J. chinc7isis. — One of the most ornamental. It is 

 dioecious, and the two sexes are very different in appear- 

 ance, the male being the handsomer of the two. Both 

 spreading and closely imbricated leaves are found on the 

 same plant. Very hardy. Var. aurea is a beautiful form 

 with foliage deep-yellow when young; albo-variegata has 



the tips of its shoots frequently pure white. China and 

 Japan, 1804. 



/. communis, Juniper. — Varying in the different vari- 

 eties from a trailing bush to a tree 50 feet high. Var. 

 alpina is of dwarf trailing or ascending habit; suecica, 

 Swedish Juniper, is erect, with longer, more distant leaves 

 than the type, of a yellowish -green tint; hibernica, Irish 

 Juniper, is of dense conical outline with silvery foliage, 

 and there is also a variegated variety of it; pendula has 

 drooping branchlets. Northern hemisphere. 



/. drupacea. — A very hardy ornamental shrub, 10 to 

 20 feet high, remarkable for its large, fleshy, dark-purple 

 fruit, which is about an inch in diameter; leaves spread- 

 ing. Asia Minor, 1854. 



/. excelsa. — An arborescent species, of compact habit, 

 with small subulate leaves. Western Asia, 1806. Not 

 so hardy as others. 



J. japonica. — A dwarf bushy species with bright, lively- 

 green foliage, probably a mountain form of J. chinensis. 

 Japan, 1860. 



J. litoralis. — A charming dwarf species of dense com- 

 pact growth, foliage silvery. Japan, 1893. 



«/". Oxycedrus, Prickly Cedar. — A small loosely-branched 

 tree, with spreading sharp-pointed leaves and shining red 

 berries. South Europe, introduced before 1739. 



/. recurva. — A shrub, with pendulous branches, which 

 will only succeed in humid localities. Mountains of 

 India, 1830. 



/. Sabiwi, Savin. — There are several varieties, as cup- 

 ressifolia, with very slender branches and glaucous silvery 



Fig. 410.— Cupressus nootkatensis. 



foliage, prostrata, a trailing variety with dark green 

 foliage and suitable for rock-work, and tamariscifolia. 

 There is also a prettily variegated variety. Alps, 1548. 



