1Ü96. C. sempei-vì
dose erai'i, vcrv durable, and of a beautiful reddish hue, which Pliny says it
never loses. tL rate of growth, in the climate of London, will average for
the first 8 or 10 years, from 1 ft. to 1 ft. 6 in. a year ; after which the tree
grows more slowly ; and, when it has attained its full size, and is between
30 ft and 40 ft. high, it will live many years without any perceptible increase
in dimensions. Any common garden soil suits the cypress ; but it attains its
largest size in such soils as are rather dry and deep, and in situations
rather than exposed. I t may be propagated either by cutungs or »eedta ‘h"
former being put in in autumn, and treated hke those of Thuja. The cones,
which a p p e ? to be ripe in autumn, are not perfectly so, but require to hang
on the t r ? s till the following March or April. They ^ f Y®®"?’
and placed in a warm room, or in a box or basket, and set “ » ®‘7®1 “
a few days the scales will open, when the cones may be thrashed and the
seeds collected : they may be immediately afterwards sown, and 'jfo®
those of the Abietinas. In England, it is common to sow the seeds m flat
nans or in boxes ; because, as they are somewhat tender when they first come
up th e ! admit ¿ f being more readily protected by being earned to a pit.
UMlke ih e seeds of the genus Thùja, which commonly he in the »
year, those of the cypress come up in three or four weeks They giow to
the hei<®ht of 3 or 4 inches the first season, and may be transplanted into pots,
and k e |t in a pit through the winter. At the end of the second autumn, they
may be planted where they are finally to remain ; but, if it be thought necessary
they may be kept three or four years in pots ; shifting them frequently,
or ailowing them to remain in the pot unshlfted, according as the object may
be to produce large plants, or to concentrate the roots in a small ball, so as
to occupy less space in sending the trees to a distance. When the cypress is
planted where it is finally to remain, and the situation and soil are suitable, it
may be said to require no farther attention during the whole oHts existence.
It ffiways grows erect, so th a t no care is requisite to tram up a leading shoot ;
and, as its branches occupy little space, it seldom or never requires pruning.
i 2 C TH V Ò ÌD E S L . The Thuja-like Cypress, or White Cedar,
lientmcalian'. Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 512. ; Michx. N. Amer. Syl. 3. p. 207, ; P ursh Sept., 2. 646. ;
5a laux AliUJct, A'7.
!Hd. Brit., t. 156. ; and ou.r
LXXVII. c oN i FERAi:: c u p r e ' s s u s . 1075
Spec. Char., 4c. Branchlets compressed. Leaves imbricated in 4 rows, ovate,
tuberculate at the base. {Willd.) An evergreen tre e ; in England a shrub!
New England to Carolina, in deep swamps. Height, in the southern states
of America, 70 ft. to 80 ft. ; in the climate of London, 10 ft. to 15 ft., rarely
30 ft. Introducedin 1736. Flowering in April and May, and ripening its
cones about the same time in the following year.
Varieties.
i C. t. 2 foliis variegatis. Leaves variegated, or blotched with white.
* C. t. 3 nana Hort. — Habit dwarf. Exeter Nursery.
The white cedar, in the climate
o f London, is of slow
growth, seldom exceeding the
height of 4 or 5 feet in 10 or 12
years, and but rarely found
above that height. Cones are
sometimes imported ; and the
seeds may be sown earlv in
spring, and treated in all respects
like those of Cupréssus
sempervìrens : it may also be
propagated by cuttings ; and,
in the London nurseries, it is
sometimes raised by layers.
i 3 . C. l u s i t a ' n i c a Tourn.
The Cedar of Goa, or Portuguese Cypress.
Identification. Tourn.. 587. ; Du Ham. Arb.. 1. p. 198. ; Lamb. P in , ed 2., ht. 65.
Synonymes. C. glauca Brot. Fl. Lus. I. p. 216. ; C. péndula L 'H é r it Stirp. Nov. p. 15. ; Cedar ol
Bussaco. C. péndula rZ/wni., Lamb. P in . ed. 2. 2. t. 66., is supposed to be a different plant.
Ensravings. .L am b . Pm., t. 6.5. ; N. Du Ham., 3. t. 3. ; the plate of this tree in Arb. Brit., 1st
e d it, vol. vm. ; and o u r /g . 1998. > » f . >•
1998. C. lusitánica.
Spec. Char., f r . Branches flexuose, spreading; branchlets quadrangular.
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