Dawn Redwood variety "Golden Oji"

Abstract

A new variety, called `Golden Oji`, of `Dawn Redwood` is valuable for landscape ornamental. The new variety has beautiful golden leaves genetically, so exhibits very lovely figure from spring to fall. The growth rate is slightly slower than that of a normal `Dawn Redwood`. The new variety becomes better in full sunlight or partial shade. The leaf color is extremely distinctive, that is bright yellow especially under strong sunlight. The new variety can be reproduced on a commercial scale by cutting or grafting.

I claim: 
     
       1. A new and distinctive variety of Metasequoia glyptostroboides (`Dawn Redwood`), substantially as herein illustrated and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by that the color of leave is bright yellow like gold especially in summer changing to brown in fall, and that the growth rate is slightly slower than the normal type.