Trees and shrubs, hardy in the British isles . enin winter. Native of China and Japan; introduced to Kew in 1842, but not inquantity until 1844, when Fortune, then in the employ of the Horti-cultural Society, sent seeds from Shanghai. The Cryptomeria, the onlyspecies of its genus, is quite distinct from any other hardy tree. Althoughone of the great timber trees of the world, more used in Japan than anyother, it has not proved so generally fine a tree in this country as mighthave been expected, the best specimens being all in the mildest andmoistest parts, and ranging from 60 to 80 ft. in heig
Trees and shrubs, hardy in the British isles . enin winter. Native of China and Japan; introduced to Kew in 1842, but not inquantity until 1844, when Fortune, then in the employ of the Horti-cultural Society, sent seeds from Shanghai. The Cryptomeria, the onlyspecies of its genus, is quite distinct from any other hardy tree. Althoughone of the great timber trees of the world, more used in Japan than anyother, it has not proved so generally fine a tree in this country as mighthave been expected, the best specimens being all in the mildest andmoistest parts, and ranging from 60 to 80 ft. in height, with trunks from2 to 2 J ft. thick. It likes a deep good soil, a sheltered position, andabundant rainfall. It is a very variable tree, and besides two or morevarieties found wild, several have originated in Japanese gardens. Whatmay be taken as the typical form has diffuse branches upturned atthe ends. Var. ARAUCARIOIDES.—Branchlets long, thin, slender, pendulous. Var. LOBlill, Veiich.—In this variety the branches are stiffer and more. CrYPTOMERIA JAIONICA -t L .-; :it. [Fare p. 488, CRVPTOMERIA 439 tufted and bunchy at the ends ; the branchlets shorter and more erect ;leaves shorter. First sent to this country in 1853, ilong ^vith Sciadopjtys,by W. Lobb from the Java Botanic Garden, for which it had been obtainedby Siebold in 1825. Not so elegant as the type. Var. NANA.—A dwarf fomi with stunted branches. Plants at Kew fortyyears old are only 5 ft. high. The leaves are long^, not cur\ed as in the tvpe,and more spreading.
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