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48. A golden obtuse-leaved Japan cypress, Retinos- 49. The thread-HKe Japan cypress, R. filifera. (Cor 

 Vora obtusa, var. aurea. (Chamaecyparis obtusa, var. aurea) rect name, Chamaecyuans msifera, var. filifera) 



50. The dwarf obtuse-leaved Japan cypress R. obtusa 

 nana. A popular small darK-green conifer 



the Retinosporas as one horticultural group, 

 and to use the nursery names. 

 The important types, then, are: 

 i. The obtuse-leaved Japan cypress, Ret- 

 inos pom obtusa nana. 



2. The thread-like Japan cypress, R. ftl- 

 ifera. 



3. The spreading-tipped Japan cypress, R. 

 squarrosa. 



4. The feathery Japan cypress, R. phtmosa. 



Each of these has a green, a bluish and a 

 "golden" form, the latter being generally 

 about as true to its name as is boarding-house 

 "lamb." 



Unfortunately all the Retinosporas are 

 short lived. Most of them have a different 

 color in winter. They often assume bronze 

 or ruddv hues in cold weather. 



All the above forms are juvenile forms of 

 two species which attain a height of ioo feet 

 in Japan, and which are grown by our 

 nurserymen. They make strong-growing, 

 rugged trees. The Hinoki cypress (Chamacy- 

 paris obtusa) is an important timber tree in 

 Japan. The plumosa, ftlifera and squarrosa 

 forms belong to the Sawara or pea-fruited 

 Japan cypress (Chamcecyparis pisifera). 



51. A (all specimen of the spreading-tipped Japan 52. The feathery Japan cypress. R. plumosa. (Cor- 

 cypress, R. squarrosa (C. pisifera, var. squarrosa) reel name Chamaecyparis pisifera, var. plumosa) 



53. A tall sheared specimen of the same variety 

 that is shown in the preceding picture 



