134 HARDY CONIFEROUS TREES. 



compact, and the foliage of a beautiful bluish-green tinge. 

 The tree usually seen under the nan:ie of T. Hookeriana (sup- 

 posed by some botanists to be a distinct species, and by others 

 to be a variety) seems distinct from T. Pattoniana, the leaves 

 being shorter, narrower, generally curved, irregularly arranged, 

 and fresh green above and silvery beneath, but they vary. 



T, SieboBdi, Carriere. {Synonyms: — Pintis Tsuga, An- 

 toinc ; yJ^/Vj- 7j'?/^(7, Siebold and Zuccarini ; T si iga diver si folia 

 Maximowicz.) Japan, 1853. — This is of neat and elegant 

 habit, slow of growth, and valuable for planting where space 

 is rather confined. At a distance the present species bears a 

 striking resemblance to the Canadian Hemlock, but on close 

 examination the Japanese species will be found to have 

 stouter, broader, and longer leaves, many being notched at 

 the point, and with a deeper green upper and more silvery 

 under-surface. The cones are abundantly distinct, being 

 nearly circular, 1 inch in diameter, and the scales rounded. 

 It is of dense growth, spreading out widely on all sides, and 

 would appear to thrive on much lighter soils than other 

 members of the same genus. 



T. Sieboldi nana is of dwarf, neat, and graceful 

 growth, rarely growing to more than 4 feet in height, and 

 with small and thickly-produced foliage, that is both bright 

 and effective. Being of small, compact growth, and with 

 beautiful silvery foliage, there are many places suitable for 

 the growth of this dwarf form. 



