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developed in June, when they have the tortuous curly appearanceshown in the figure,- and fig. 2337. showing the fronds fully ex-panded, as they appear in August. A ^ 2338

specimen of the early shoots is shownmore in detail in fig. 2338. There is atree of this variety at Hendon Rectory,which, in 1837, was 15 ft. high. Thereare also fine specimens at Messrs.

Loddiges’s, in the Horticultural So-ciety’s Garden, and more especially atWhite Knights.

¥ T.d. 3 excekum Booth.—There is a plant

of this variety in the Horticultural Society’s Garden, which, in1837, when 2 years old, was 2 ft. high.

It T. d. 4 sinense, T. sinense Noisette. — There is a tree in the Horticul-tural Society’s Garden, which was received under this name fromM. Noisette, and which, in 1837, was 6 ft. high, after having beenplanted 10 years. How far it differs from T. d. nutans, or whetherit differs at all, we are uncertain.

S T. d. 5 s. pendulum, T. sinense pendulum Hort. — There is a treeunder this name in the Horticultural Society’s Garden, which wasreceived from Mr. Knight in 1827, and which in 1837 was 6 ft.high.

Remarks. The deciduous cypress is one of those trees that sport exceed-ingly in the seed-bed; and, hence, wherever a number of them are foundgrowing together, scarcely any two appear to have precisely the same habit.This is strikingly the case at White Knights, where there are several scores oftrees, presenting a variety of forms and foliage almost as great as their number.They may all, however, as well as those enumerated in the above list, bereduced to the following four forms. 1. The species, having the brancheshorizontal or somewhat inclined upwards. 2. T. d. pendulum, with the branchespendulous. 3. T. d. nutans, with the branches horizontal, and the young shootsof the year pendulous ; the leaves being twisted and compressed round themin the early part of the season, but fully expanded, like those of the species,