PINETUM DANICUM. 



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C. j. elegans, hort. C. elegans, Yeitch.' 



Introduced from Japan in 1861 by Mr. J. Gr. Veitch, who met 

 with, it only in cultivation in the neighbourhood of Yokohama. 



C. j. Lobbii, hort. C. Lohhii, hort. 



This variety differs in nothing from the original, except in its 

 being of a much brighter green colour and of more compact growth. 

 It is said to have been introduced from the Dutch Botanic Gardens at 

 Batavia by one of the Lobbs. 



C. j. nana, Fortune, the dwarf Japan Cedar. C. j. pygmsea. 

 Loud. 



This variety seldom attains a greater height than 2 or 3 feet, and 

 very much resembles a small Juniper bush in its stunted habit, 

 forming quite a dense bush with twisted or erect leaves, recurved 

 at the points. 



A little bush, called by the Chinese " Fi Suga" (dwarf evergreen). 



C. j. spiraliter falcata, Sieb. Fl. Jap. t. 125. G. spiraliter 

 falcata, hort. 



A very curious variety, of slender habit. The falcate leaves are 

 so closely adpressed as to give them the appearance of a spiral thread 

 wound round the branchlets. This variety is most often cultivated in 

 stove or greenhouses, but I have reason to think it is almost as hardy 

 as some of the other Cryptomerias. It has kept well out of doors, 

 slightly covered. 



C. j. variegata. 



This variety is beautifully variegated with pale yellow, and when 

 in good condition a very attractive kind. 



The Cryptomeria is one of the finest trees in Japan. For centuries 

 past it has received assiduous attention from Japanese horticulturists, 

 who possess many useful and interesting varieties of it, including 

 those above described. It is not only common in gardens through- 

 out the country, but it is also planted to form avenues along the 

 public roads, especially along the approaches to spots associated 

 with important historic personages or events. One of the finest of 

 these avenues, and probably one of the most remarkable of its kind in 

 the world, is that leading from the town of Namada through Outsono- 

 meya to Nikko, celebrated as the burial-place of one of the greatest 

 of Japanese rulers in former times. This avenue extends for a 

 distance of fifty miles, and consists chiefly of G. japonica, the 

 trunk of every tree being as straight as an arrow, and averaging from 

 130 to 150 feet in height, by 12 to 15 feet in circumference at the 

 base. The avenue is not straight the whole distance, but has many 

 windings, which enhances its effect. It was planted by one of the 

 old feudal lords about three hundred years ago, and was presented 

 by him to the then Shogum, or military ruler of the country. There 

 is another fine avenue of Cryptomerias on the Hakoni road to Fusi- 



