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those of Tln'ija. ( See p. 2460.) The cones, which appear to be ripe in autumn,are not perfectly so, but require to hang on the trees till the following Marchor April. They may then be gathered, and placed in a warm room, or in a boxor basket, and set in a dry stove. In a few days, the scales will open, whenthe cones may be thrashed and the seeds collected : they may be immediatelyafterwards sown, and treated like those of the Abietinae. In England, it iscommon to sow the seeds in flat pans or inboxes; because, as they aresomewhat tender when they first come up, they admit of being more readilyprotected by being carried to a pit. Unlike the seeds of the genus Tliiija,which commonly lie in the ground a year, those of the cypress come up in threeor four weeks. They grow to the height of 3 in. or 4 in. the first season, andmaybe transplanted into pots, and kept in a pit through the winter. At the end ofthe second autumn, they may be planted where they are finally to remain; but,if it bethought necessary, they may be kept three or four years in pots ; shiftingthem frequently, or allowing them to remain in the pot unshifted, accordingas the object may be to produce large plants, or to concentrate the roots in asmall ball, so as to occupy less space in sending the trees to a distance. Whenthe cypress is planted where it is finally to remain, and the situation and soilare suitable, it may be said to require no farther attention during the whole ofits existence. It always grows erect, so that no care is requisite to train upa leading shoot; and, as its branches occupy little space, it seldom or neverrequires pruning. The only culture which we have ever seen given to it inEngland is, replacing some of the side shoots when their points may havebeen blown out, by a violent storm of wind and rain, so as to protrude beyondthe regular head: but this happens only in very old trees, and in exposedsituations ; as, for example at Croome.

Statistics. At Syon, it is 52ft. high, diameter of the trunk lft. 3in., and of the head 8ft.; atFulham Palace, 50 years planted, it is 40 ft. high. In Devonshire, at Kenton, 38 years old, it is 60 ft.high, diameter of the trunk 2 ft. In Dorsetshire, at Melbury Park, 44 years planted, it is 41 ft. high.In Surrey, at St. Ann’s Hill, it is 35 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 1 ft. In Northumberland, atHeartburn, 80 years planted, it is 35 ft. high. In Suffolk, at Stretton Rectory, it is 63 ft. high, witha trunk 2 ft. in diameter. In France, at Avranches, in the garden of M. Brunei, 26 years planted,it is 30 ft. high. In Italy, at Monza, 1150 years old, it is 90 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft.6 in., and of the head 20 ft.

Commercial Statistics. Price of seeds, in London, of both varieties, 6s. perpound; and of plants in pots, Is. 6 d. each.

i 2. C. thyoides L. The Thuja-like Cypress, or White Cedar.

Identification. Willd. Sp. PI., 4 p. 512.: Kalm It., 2. p. 175.; Mill. Diet., No. 5.; Du Roy Harbk.,2. p. 198. ; Wangh. Amer., 8. t. 2.; Willd. Arb., 92.; N. Du Ham., 3. p. 6.; Bon Jard., ed. 1837 ;Laws. Man., p. 391.

Synonymes. C. nkna mariana, &c., Pluk. Mant., 61., t. 345. f. 1.; T\\ Oja sphferoidklis Rich. Mem.sur les Conif., p. 45. ; Cyprus faux Thuja, Fr.

Engravings. Wangh. Amer., t. 2. f. 4.; Pluk. Mant., t. 345. f. 4 ; N. Du Ham. 3. t. 2.; N. Amer.Syl., 3. t. 152.; Wats. Dend. Brit, t. 156. ; and our jig. 2327.

Spec. Char., 8yc. Branch-lets compressed. Leavesimbricated in 4 rows,ovate tuberculate atthe base. (Willd.') Anevergreen tree; a na-tive of North America.

Introduced in 1736;flowering in April andMay.

Variety.

1 C. t, 2 foliis varie-gatis lias clus-ters of the leaves variegated, or blotched, with white. The plant inthe Horticultural Society’s Garden, after being 6 years planted, is5 ft. high. It was received from the Dunganstown Nursery in Irelandabout 1831.