The CypRKss. 



ter 5 but they come out again early in the spring, and hang- 

 on till nearly Christmas, being of a reddish colour for six 

 weeks before they come off. The branches come out from 

 the sides of the tree like those of the Larch, but they are 

 more pendulous; the leaf is finer and brighter; it is much 

 thicker on the branch ; and the tree, taken altogether, is 

 certainly one of the very finest of vegetable productions. 

 In the time of Miller, there were but three or four of this 

 sort of tree in England. I myself never saw but one here ; 

 and that is now standing in the ornamental part of the 

 estate, at the farm-house of which I am now writing, and 

 which was an object of great beauty even so late as Christ- 

 mas day. 



211. The SEED of this tree does not ripen in England; 

 but it is easily enough imported, and I have sold some thou- 

 sands of the trees this year. The cones came to me packed 

 up in barrels, mixed up with dry sand. We easily squeezed 

 them to pieces, and then sowed them, shells and all toge- 

 ther. They come up the first year, and attain the height 

 of about a foot before the month of October. 



212. The SOWING is in beds, and the manner of doing 

 it the same that has been pointed out in the case of the 

 Ash, only that the covering ought not to be of greater 

 thickness than an inch and a half. Great care ought to be 

 taken to keep the plants perfectly clear of weeds ; for they 

 suffer exceedingly if annoyed by them. About the middle 

 of summer the ground should be broken a little between 

 the plants, to favour the operation of the dews; for it is 

 desirable that they grow as much as possible the first year. 



213. The plants ought to be removed in the same manner, 

 but with very great care, as directed for the Ash; if put - 



