They are plants which fade not a good while after they are gathered . . . . Introduction to the Knowledge of Plants. In its native soil it grows in a tapering columnar form to a height of 90 ft. After shedding the seeds, the cone persists on the tree for several years. The timber is hard, close-grained, and of a fine reddish hue and very durable.
Italian cypress has a gloomy and forbidding but wonderfully stately aspect.
Arizona cypress, Cupressus arizonica, grows in the mountains of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico and is popularly used as Christmas trees throughout the southern United States. Suddenly I was overcome by an intense burning sensation in my nasal cavity. I felt almost as if my head was going to explode from the pain. I had to call my assistant in to take the flask and funnel from my hands as I felt like I might drop it. I had to immediately run to the sink and flush out my eyes, nose and mouth with cold water.