. The cultivated evergreens; a handbook of the coniferous and most important broad-leaved evergreens planted for ornament in the United States and Canada. Evergreens; Conifers. 214 THE CULTIVATED EVERGREENS more or less ascending at the extremities; it is a thinner tree than the other species of the genus and is likely to lose its lower branches rather early. Var. aurea, Carr. Golden Sawara C. A form with golden-yellow foliage. Var. sulphiirea, Schelle. A form with light yellow foliage. Var. filifera, Beiss. {Retinosporafilifera, Standish. C. ohtusa filifera, Hort.). Thread Retinispora. Fig. 3
. The cultivated evergreens; a handbook of the coniferous and most important broad-leaved evergreens planted for ornament in the United States and Canada. Evergreens; Conifers. 214 THE CULTIVATED EVERGREENS more or less ascending at the extremities; it is a thinner tree than the other species of the genus and is likely to lose its lower branches rather early. Var. aurea, Carr. Golden Sawara C. A form with golden-yellow foliage. Var. sulphiirea, Schelle. A form with light yellow foliage. Var. filifera, Beiss. {Retinosporafilifera, Standish. C. ohtusa filifera, Hort.). Thread Retinispora. Fig. 38. Branches elongated and slender, tliread-like, gracefully pendulous, with distant branchlets and leaves. Very decorative forms. Var. "filifera aurea," Beiss. A form of var. filifera with the young growth golden-yellow. Var. "filifera avireo-variegata," Beiss. A form of var. filifera with the branchlets variegated with yellow, but less elongated and less thread-like. Var. plumosa, Beiss. {Retinospora plumosa, Veitch). Plume Retinis- pora. Of dense, conical habit; branches almost erect, with slender branchlets of feathery appearance: leaves subulate, pointed and slightly spreading, bright green. Intermediate between the tj^je and var. squarrosa. Var. "plumosa argentea," Beiss. SiLVERTip Retinispora. Tips of branchlets whitish. Var. 'plumosa aurea," Beiss. {Reti-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co. , ltd.
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