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The Garden Magazine, April, 1920 



The Japanese Cypress 



AKE you intimately acquainted with the large and "growing" Japanese 

 family known to the learned as the Retinosporas — and to common 

 folk as the Japanese Cypresses? They are so versatile — so acconr 

 modating and courteous — so aristocratic in tone — so brilliantly and withal so 

 tastefully dressed — that to know them is to love them, and to add them to your 

 treasured possessions is indeed to make life richer and more worth'while. 



We can introduce you to twenty-eight charming members of this ever- 

 green family, if you would know them all — or we might content ourselves 

 here with mentioning some of the better known of the group; the Plumosa, 

 or plume-like, with feathery foliage, of a fascinating dark green hue; the 

 Golden, also plumclike in foliage, but of a bright golden color that makes it 

 very popular indeed, — a favorite form for hedges (see illustration above); 

 the Silver, which lends itself particularly well to formal effects; the Thread- 

 branched, with long threadlike branches; the Pea-fruited, slender and grace- 

 ful; the Obtusa, called Tree of the Sun by the Japanese — perhaps the most 

 beautiful of all, with shell-like leaves of a rich dark green shade, like box- 

 wood, — the nearest to the famed cypress of Italy that is never missing 

 from a Maxfield Parrish landscape. 



All of these members of the family have one great virtue — they respond 

 most amiably to shearing, so their height can be regulated to suit your fancy 

 and your ulterior object — whether it be a foundation planting, an evergreen 

 bed, a hedge, an entrance group, a window box, or an individual specimen 

 of proud mien. The cost is as low as $3. for a 2 ft Golden up to $30. 

 for a 1 ft. Obtusa, and so on. Price list on request, — and suggestions to 

 suit your own grounds if you will kindly give a brief description of your lawn. 



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The Flower Grower 



A plain, common-sense publication 

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