For ZONE 3 or warmer for ZONE 5 
Metasequoia 
glyptostroboides 
Taxodium 
distichum 
Taxodium 
ascendens 
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 
hardy of Redwoods, 
| baby trees have sur- 
vived winter 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, 
~ hardy in cold states. 
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 
knees”, grows to a 
broad stately column of 
dense, fernlike foliage 
which frosts to a rich 
%; Orange-brown before 
falling. In the Sierra 
Nevada foothills, we 
took seeds from one 100 
r ft. tall and 101 years 
old. Hardy to So. Maine 
—da beautiful sister of 
the Dawn Redwood. 
POND CYPRESS 
This “‘little sister’ of the 
Bald Cypress was for- 
merly named a variety, 
Hortus II calls it a sep- 
arate species. Rare in 
cultivation, even in 
Dixie. Ragged in native 
southern swamps, it is 
a shapely lawn or park 
tree. Deciduous, it has 
tiny, narrow, pointed, 
soft, scale-like leaves 
light green, hugging 
close to the twigs and 
pointing the same way. 
Bark thick, furrowed. 
“Cones” the size of a 
| hazelnut to a small wal- 
nut. In the Redwood 
Family, only the Glyp- 
tostrobus is smaller. 
Hardy in northern states. 
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- 
thick bark of light cin- 
namon-brown; foliage 
of tiny scales varying 
in color from bluish to 
golden green. Not good 
on a 35 ft. lot. From the 
tropics to “10 below cli- 
mates’ — most widely 
planted Redwood. 
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 12 
to 1 in. long. Cones %4 
in., be-whiskered look- 
ing. Much grown in Ja- 
pan and Ching, for 
beauty, for excellent 
lumber. Has proved 
hardy to New York, in 
sheltered spots, even to 
Boston. A whole grove 
in Severna Park, Md. 
UMBRELLA PINE 
Japanese tree to 120 ft. 
Looks like a pine with 
coarse, stiff needles in 
whorls around the twigs 
—like the bare ribs of 
an umbrella blown in- 
side out. Needles the 
size of a small soda 
straw, 3-6 in. long, with } 
deep furrows on both 
sides, dark glossy green 
above with two white 
bands beneath. Bark 
nearly smooth, gray- 
brown, red-brown be- 
neath. Cones 3-5 in. 
long, with loose, woody 
scales—looks at the tip 
like a rose carved from 
wood. Well known as 
far north as New York 
and Massachussetts. 
or warmer 
J “Sequoia 
gigantea 
Cryptomeria 
japonica 
Sciadopitys 
verticellata 
Choose ONLY those hardy for YOUR climate—except for growing indoors. 
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