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RETINOSPORA (Chamaecyparis) • Cypress 



HE RETINOSPORAS are graceful and beautiful Asiatic evergreens which are very- 

 hardy and useful for ornamental purposes. In their native country they are lofty trees and 

 are valuable as timber. They belong with their numerous garden forms to our most im- 

 portant ornamental evergreens, making fine subjects for the lawn and very attractive 

 hedges. They are worthy of being extensively planted. 



RETINOSPORA andelyensis (leptoclada) (An- 

 dely Cypress) . Compact and pyramidal in form. 

 The upright branches and feathery branchlets cov- 

 ered with sea-green leaves make this a beautiful and 

 ornamental tree. 



R. ericoides (Cedar Retinospora). A regular, 

 dense, conical evergreen having a pleasing bronze 

 color in winter. 



R. filifera (Thread Retinospora) . A bushy ever- 

 green with deep green, thread-like, drooping foliage. 

 Very good as specimen for lawn or garden. 



R. filifera aurea (Gold Thread Retinospora). 



Similar in habit to the thread Retinospora but with the 

 foliage on the terminals of the branchlets a striking 

 golden color. 



R. nootkatensis (Nootka Cypress) (Thujopsis 

 borealis). Handsome tree of pyramidal shape with 

 dark green lustrous foliage; the branches arc as- 

 cending. Native southwestern Alaska to Orgeon. 

 Very hardy. 



R. nootkatensis pendula (Weeping Nootka Cy- 

 press). A form with distinctly pendulous branches 

 and shining green foliage. 



R. obtusa (Hinoki Cypress). Pyramidal in form, 

 the foliage is dark green in graceful, drooping, feathery 

 sprays. Makes a remarkable specimen tree for lawn 

 planting. 



R. obtusa crippsi (Yellow Hinoki Cypress). 



The same form and habit as Hinoki, but has foliage 

 of a decided bright yellow. This is one of the most 

 outstanding of the golden evergreens. 



R. obtusa gracilis (Slender Hinoki Cypress). 



Compact, pyramidal tree with dark green foliage. 

 Small leaves slightly pendulous. Very good for a 

 small garden v/here formal plants are needed. 



R. obtusa magnifica (Noble Hinoki Cypress). 



An unusually attractive tree with lustrous, bright 

 green foliage. Very vigorous grower. Another speci- 

 men subject. 



R. obtusa nana (Dwarf Hinoki Cypress). There 

 is no finer small evergreen. Very dense in habit with 

 branches crowded together in layers. Of very slow 

 growth and is sometimes used as a hedge bordering 

 beds in a garden. Also fine as a specimen in the 

 rock garden. 



Fine design in garden arrangement is never obvious. Plants blend one in another, vines soften hard wall lines and 

 flowers seem to say, "Come in! We are here to be enjoyed!" 



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