. 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. ENUMERATION OF CONIFERS 215 nospora plumosa aurea, Standish). Golden Plume Retinispora. Fig. 39. Young growth of golden-yellow color. A very showy form. Var. "plumosa flavescens," Beiss. {Retinispora plumosa sulphurea, Hort.). Tips of the j'oung branehlets yellowish. Var. jquarrosa, Beiss. & Hochst. {Retinispora squarrosa, Sieb. & Zucc. R. leptoclada, Zucc.). Moss Retinispora. Fig. 40. Densely branched
. 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. ENUMERATION OF CONIFERS 215 nospora plumosa aurea, Standish). Golden Plume Retinispora. Fig. 39. Young growth of golden-yellow color. A very showy form. Var. "plumosa flavescens," Beiss. {Retinispora plumosa sulphurea, Hort.). Tips of the j'oung branehlets yellowish. Var. jquarrosa, Beiss. & Hochst. {Retinispora squarrosa, Sieb. & Zucc. R. leptoclada, Zucc.). Moss Retinispora. Fig. 40. Densely branched bushy tree or shrul), with spreading feathery branehlets: leaves linear, spread- ing, glaucous above, silvery below. A very distinct and beautiful variety. Var. "squarrosa sulphurea," Beiss. A form with yellow foliage. A closely related species is C. for- mosensis, Matsum. {Cupressus formos- ensis, Henry). Formosan C. Tall tree, occasionally to 190 feet high, with a trunk 20 feet in diameter and with spreading branches pendulous at the extremities; branehlets dull green on both sides or slightly bloomy below: leaves appressed, free a I the incurved apex, obscurely glandular: cones short- ellipsoidal, }4~/"i inch across; scales with a conspicuous, broadly triangular boss; seeds 2 under each scale, narrow- winged. Formosa.—Introduced in 1911 to Great Britain by Shirasawa; not in cultivation in this Chamsecyparls pisifera var. plumosa aurea. 40. ChamiEcj'paris pisifera var. 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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