. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 417. Chamsecyparis pisifera. heat can be given, it will hasten the development of roots considerably. All the so-called Retinosporas and the dwarf er forms, and most of the varieties of C. Lawsoni- 418. Chamsecyparis pisifera, var. plumosa. greenhouse is preferred, but dwarf forms always should be grown from cu
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 417. Chamsecyparis pisifera. heat can be given, it will hasten the development of roots considerably. All the so-called Retinosporas and the dwarf er forms, and most of the varieties of C. Lawsoni- 418. Chamsecyparis pisifera, var. plumosa. greenhouse is preferred, but dwarf forms always should be grown from cuttings, as they often lose their dwarf habit if grafted. The so-called Retinosporas of the gar- dens,withlinear, spreading Ivs., are juvenile forms,which have retained the foliage of the seedling state. There are similar forms in Thuya. For their distinguishing characters, see Retinospora. For the numerous garden forms, see Beissner, Handb. der Nadelholzk., pp. 64-99. A. Lvs. green <m both sides or paler beneath. spheeroidea, Spach (Cuprissus thuyoides, Linn.). White Cedar. Tree, to 70 or 80 ft., with erect, spreading branches : branchlets irregularly arranged, spreading, not pendulous, very thin and slender, flattened : lvs. closely imbricate, glaucous or light green, with a con- spicuous gland on the back, fragrant: cones small, Hia. in diam., bluish purple, with glaucous bloom. From Maine to Florida, west to Mississippi. 10: 529.—Var. eiicoldes, Beissn. & Hochst. (O. ericoldes, Carr. Metinds- pora ericoldes, Hort.). Compact shrub, of erect, dense habit: lvs. linear-lanceolate, spreading, with two glau- cous lines beneath, coloring in winter usually reddish brown. Var. Andelyfiusis, Carr. (Betindspora leptocl&da, Hort.). Intermediate form between the former and the type; bluish green, and of erect growth, with loosely ap- pressed, lanceolate lvs.; often some branchlets with lvs. of the type and some with lvs. of the var. ericoides. 1869, p. 32, and 1880
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