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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETETM.

PART III.

vicinity of Tangier. In corroboration of his views, a plank of the timber inquestion was transmitted to London. This plank, which is still in the roomsof the Horticultural Society, In Regent Street, is 1 ft. 8 in. in diameter ; andCaptain Cook says that he is perfectly satisfied of its identity with the partsof the timber of the mosque at Cordova which he examined. It is highlybalsamic and odoriferous; the resin, no doubt, preventing the ravages ofinsects, as well as the influence of the air. There is reason to believe that itwa^ the sandal wood of the Orientals, and that this species was employed,whenever it could be procured, in the construction of their religious edifices.Captain Cook adds that he sees no reason to apprehend that this species,which is nearly allied to the Italian cypress (Cupressus sempervirens) and thejuniper of the south of Europe (Juniperus phoenicea), should not be as hardyas its congeners, which are natives of similar latitudes, and which grow as wellin the warmer parts of England, as in the south of Europe.” (Card. Mag.,xiii. p. 523.) He therefore strongly recommends a trial of the tree in theopen air in this country. At present, plants are rather scarce, but they mighteasily be increased by cuttings, or by importing seeds from Morocco.

1 C. Fothergilli, ? Cupressus Fothergilli. There are young plants of thisname at Elvaston Castle, and in some of the nurseries, which in generalappearance resemble the common evergreen cypress.

1 C. triquetra , Cupressus triquetra Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836, is a native of theCape of Good Hope, introduced in 1820. There are plants at Messrs.Loddiges’s, and also at Elvaston Castle, where it has stood out three years,and appears quite hardy.

i C. cupressifrrmis Vent., Loud. Hort. Brit., p. 490., is a native of NewHolland, introduced in 1826. There are small plants of it in various nur-series.

1 C. macrostachya Hort. There is a plant at Elvaston Castle.

App. i. Species of Cdllitris Natives of Australia, and not yetintroduced into Britain.

C. rhomboidea It. Brown, Rich. Conif., p. 47. pi. 118. No. 1. A low tree, with the habit of acypress, and thin articulated branches. The leaves are imbricated, and closely adpressed to thebranch. The female catkins are small, solitary, and terminal. It is a native of New Holland,whence specimens were brought by Mr. Brown, and communicated by him to M. Richard.

C. obldnga Rich. Mem. sur les Conif., p. 49. pi. 18. No. 2., C. frutiebsa R. Brown, has the nutdry and opening, like that of the preceding species, but much larger. It is a native of Port Jackson,and specimens were brought home by Mr. R. Brown.

Genus XI.

CUPRE'SSUS L. The Cypress. Lin. Sysf. Monce'cia Monadelphia.

Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 1079.; Reich., 1177. ; Schreb. 1458.; Gtertn., t. 91.; Tourn., t. 358.Juss. 413. ; Lamb. Pin., ed. 2.

Synonymes. Cyprus, Fr .; Cypresse, Ger. ; Cipresso, I tat. ; Ciproste, Port. ; Cypros, Hungarian.Derivation. According to some, from kuo, to produce, and parisos, nearly resembling ; in allusion tothe regularity of the branches ; or from Cyparissus, a beautiful youth of the Island of Ceos, who waschanged into a cypress; or, according to others, from the Isle of Cyprus , where one species of thetree was found in abundance.

Description. Evergreen low trees ; natives of Europe, Asia, and NorthAmerica; remarkable for the fine grain and durability of their wood.

t 1. C. sempervi'rens L. The common, or evergreen, Cypress.

Identification. Willd. Sp. PI., 4. 511.; Raii Hist., 1406.; Gouan Mons., 495.; Mill. Diet., No. 1.Scop. Carn., No. 1199.; Fabric. Helms,, 442.; Rfcgn. Bot.; Hort. Cliff., 449.; Hort. Ups., 288.;Roy Lugdb., 88.; Tourn. Inst., 587.; Bauh. Pin., 488.; Cam. Epit., 52. ; N. Du Ham., 3. p. 2.;Lam. Diet, 1.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836; Bon Jard., ed. 1837 ; Laws. Man., p. 390.

Synonymes. C. pyramidalis Hort. ; Cyprus pyramidal, Cyprus ordinaire, Fr .; gemeine Cypressen-baum, Ger .; the Italian Cypress.

Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 155.; N. Du Ham., 3. t. 1.; Lob. Icon, 2. p. 222.; Blackwall’s Herb.*127. , out Jig. 2320. j and the plates of this tree in our last Volume.