OR, PLAIN 



very small elongation, or annual 

 growth of the bud, which may 

 be recognised in the narrow rings 

 composing the basal part of such 

 buds as have been in existence 

 for several years. From some of 



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these buds eventually proceed 

 the male and female catkins, the 

 former of which are solitary, 

 single, about two inches long, 

 and turning upwards.* 



The cypress is a beautiful tree, 

 though differing materially in its 

 general aspect from any of the 

 preceding. It derives its name 

 from the island of Cyprus, where 

 it flourishes in great abundance. 

 The evergreen cypress is also a 

 common tree in the Levant. It 

 was planted by the Moors around 

 their palaces, and both by the 

 ancient and modern Romans as 

 an ornamental tree around their 

 villas. Of this species there are 

 two varieties, the upright and 

 the spreading, the latter attaining 

 a larger size than the former. 



* Seiby's Forest Trees. 



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The evergreen cypress, 1, is a 

 flame-shaped, tapering, cone-like 

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tree, with upright branches grow- 

 ing close to the trunk, and re- 

 sembling in general appearance 



the Lombardy poplar. The leaves, 

 2, are small and imbricated, be- 



