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Leyland|ˈleɪlənd|
The name of Christopher John Leyland (1849–1926), of Haggerston Castle, used attrib. or in the possessive in Leyland('s) cypress to designate a hybrid conifer, × Cupressocyparis leylandii (Chamæcyparis nootkatensis × Cupressus macrocarpa), first raised by him from seedlings collected at Leighton Hall, Welshpool, in 1888.
[1926A. B. Jackson in Kew Bull. 114 As this new cypress has already been named Cupressus Leylandii by Mr. Leyland, we propose to describe it under that name.] 1933W. J. Bean Trees & Shrubs Hardy in Brit. Is. III. 124 Leyland's Cypress..is a tree of dense pyramidal habit. 1960N. J. Prockter Garden Hedges vi. 107 Leyland's Cypress..is still looked upon as something new, and I regret to say is at present little known. 1970C. Lloyd Well-Tempered Garden iii. 215 The great favourite now (although it is by no means new) is Leyland's cypress. 1974A. Mitchell Field Guide to Trees of Britain 68 At least three [hybrid cypresses] exist, but only one, the Leyland Cypress, is commonly grown. |