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THIS beautiful tree, the only cypress which sheds its leaves in the winter, is far too little known and appreciated by those who possess it. In spring its light-coloured feathery leaves fall gracefully from the pyramidal shape of the tree; in summer the full effect of the foliage is different from anything else in the landscape; in autumn it reaches perfection, when the sprays turn a golden hue, almost reminiscent of a set piece in a firework display; and in winter its curious habit of growth attracts the eye, because of its weird, almost ghostly appearance.
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30 December 1944
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HOWARD, A. Deciduous Cypress (Taxodium Distichum). Nature 154, 775–776 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154775a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/154775a0