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foliage between the arborvitse and cypress, it throws out its 
limbs or branches at first horizontally ; but they soon assume a 
gentle graceful curve, that gives to the tree a light, easy, and 
attractively pleasing form, rendering it very desirable for plant- 
ing in grounds of considerable extent, or for the bordering of 
some parts of a wide avenue or entrance road ta an estate. Its 
hardihood is perhaps not yet perfectly tested at the North ; but 
Fig. 35. — The Lawson Cypress. 
from its native habitat, and the many exposures that trees of it 
have received, and their so far success, there is every reason to 
believe that it will prove hardy in most locations. 
The tree, from the peculiar habit it has of making perpen- 
dicular rather than horizontal roots, should be transplanted 
while quite young, say not more than two or three years old. 
To insure perfect success, it is best to obtain young plants in 
pots. 
