THE NEWER EVERGREEN ORNAMENTAL TREES. 497 
Cupressus. The True Cypress. 
This fine genus — not mentioned by Mr. Downing in the early 
edition of bis work, and of which there are now some twenty 
varieties known and cultivated in England — seems peculiarly 
nnsuited to this climate. The cypress is found indigenous in 
the south of Europe, China, Mexico, the East Indies, and a 
few varieties, erroneously classed among our cedars and junipers, 
in this country. There are but three varieties which may be 
considered as fairly hardy, and as some of these are better 
known under different names, we may say there is not one 
hardy cypress, distinctly known and recognized as such, that is 
cultivated in the northern and middle portion of the United 
States. The half-hardy varieties, such as attenuate i, excelsa , 
sempervirens, Goveniana, Lusitanica , torulosa , and a few others, 
can probably never be cultivated, unless in pots, except at the 
extreme south. The only species we can rely upon here will be : 
C. NootJcaensis (the Nootka Sound cypress), but better known 
here as Thuiopsis Borealis , is a tall ever- 
ThuiopsisTctagatstoy. S reen tree > reaching the height of one hun- 
dred feet, with widely expanded branches, 
very flexible ; as it advances, the limbs are covered with small 
blisters, which, on being punctured, emit a fine aromatic balsam, 
whence is derived another synonym, abies aromatica. It is also 
found in Russia, near Lake Tschondskoe. It is but yet very 
new, even in England ; our specimens have been out two win- 
ters and are perfectly hardy, as it will probably prove to be in 
every northern part of the United States. 
C. pendula . — There are three Weeping cypresses, one a 
synonym of Thuja filiformis , or Biota jiliformis (Weeping 
arbor vitae), which we have already described as very beautiful 
and perfectly hardy ; a second, a synonym of C. torulosa, a 
variety of which we have mentioned above as only adapted 
for the extreme southland a third, a synonym of C. funebris . 
C. f unebris (the Weeping or Funebral cypress), is another 
tree like the Deodar cedar and cryptomeria , of which much was 
expected, but little obtained. 
It was first noticed, we believe, by Lord McCartney in his 
expedition to China, who described it as having the appearance 
as an immense evergreen Weeping willow, but it was only in- 
* Mr. Buist thinks this may prove hardy near Philadelphia. 
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