The immemorial cypress symbolizes nobility, mortality, and eternity... "the dark green shape of the cypress which rises out of the arid soil... the solitary sentinel who reminds passers-by that nothing is lasting and all is fleeting..." (pg. 164), "... the noble tree that hedges so many villas in the North [of Italy] and as many cemeteries in the South [as Heavenly pointers]." (pg. 62).

See the Anthropomorphous Trees element.