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Metasequoia 
glyptostroboides 

Taxodium 
distichum 

Seq voia 
gigantea 
DAWN REDWOOD 
An ancient form of Red- 
wood Tree, believed ex- 
tinct 20 million years 
ago, recently found still 
alive in China. ‘’Nee- 
dles” opposite instead 
” of spiral, deciduous 
tree about 100 ft. tall, 
foliage light green, soft, 
fernlike. One of the most 
ae eae of Redwoods, 
baby trees have sur- 
vived winter in st in Boston, 
Philadelphia & Juneau. 
No more seeds from Red 
China—cuttings are 
now the only way. This 
tree and the “Bald Cy- 
press”, almost twins, 
will probably succeed 
in every state. 
BALD CYPRESS 
In Dixie, this twin of the 
Dawn Redwood, un- 
kempt in its native 
‘’% swamps, gives no 
hint of its beauty under | 
@ proper cultivation./ 
Away from swamps, it 
escapes diseases and 
pests, has no “cypress 
sm knees”, grows to a 
broad stately column of 
a. dense, fernlike foliage 
which frosts to a rich 
orange-brown before 
falling. In the Sierra 
Nevada foothills, we 
took seeds from one 100 
ft. tall and 101 years 
old. Hardy to So. Maine 
-—a beautiful sister of 
the Dawn Redwood. 
SIERRA REDWOOD 
The largest, oldest and 
most spectacular tree on 
earth. Often lives 3 to 
4,000 years. Young trees 
often flare at the base 
resembling an Indian 
tepee half-hid by 
branches which sweep 
; the ground for centuries. 
Thousand-year-old trees 
have no branches for 
the first 150 feet. Foot- 
w thick bark of light cin- 
a) namon-brown; foliage 
of tiny scales varying 
in color from bluish to 
golden green. Not good 
on a 35 ft. ishean 
The world’s tallest tree, 
more slender than Si- 
erra Redwood. Dark 
brown bark, evergreen 
foliage coarsely fern- 
like, tree spire-like when 
crowded, grows 3 feet 
per year in right place. 
Sprouts new trees from 
stumps. Thrives in ocean 
fog, but also lives in 
hot, dry Spain along an 
irrigation ditch. Tender 
to cold below 15 above 
zero. Likes crowded for- 
est conditions. May live 
2,000 years; logs last 
centuries on ground. 
Buris (knobs) cut from a 
the trunk, sprout shoots Sequoia 
in a dish of water. Sempervirens 
CHINA FIR 
Evergreen from East 
Asia, up to 80 feet tall, 
with moderately slender 
trunk and very bushy 
“feather-duster’’ crown. 
Grown as far north as 
Pennsylvania but may 
die back in very severe 
winters, sprouts from 
stump becoming very 
bushy. Is safer south of 
Ohio River — two trees 
in Bowling Green, Va. 
over a century old, best 
in the U.S. Cones about 
2 in. long, pine-like but 
with thin, sharp-pointed 
scales. A vigorous tree, 
suggests a girl witha ® —_— 
“windblown bob”, not Cunninghamia 
for cold climate. seaiechite 
JAPAN CEDAR 
Erect, plume-shaped ev- 
ergreen tree to 125 feet, 
with dark brownish 
bark. Often called 
plume cryptomeria — 
each branchlet a plume, 
each branch is a larger 
composite plume. Foli- | 
age dark green, coarse 
3 or 4-angled needles 1 
to 1 in. long. Cones %4 
in., be-whiskered look- 
ing. Much grown in Ja- 
pan and Ching, for 
beauty, for excellent 
lumber. Has he 
hardy to New York, ; 
sheltered spots, even in ee 
Boston. . " Cryptomeria 
japonica 



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