172 DWABF AND SLOW-GROWING CONIFERS 



T. occidentalis, var. plica ta pygmaea, Beiss. (ii. 504). 

 Syn. : var. pygmcea, Rehder. 



A small irregular bush which requires occasional 

 pruning to keep it in shape. 



Branches arranged as in var. plicata. Branchlets 

 crowded, short and stout, with the sprays overlapjDing. 

 Leaves very crowded, short and stout — much thicker than 

 those of any other dwarf form of this thuya. Colour very 

 shining green; branchlet tips sometimes brown. Colour 

 varies very slightly winter or summer. The leaves are 

 very glandular. 



Of this Beissner mentions (ii. 504) golden and silver 

 variegated forms, which I have not seen, nor can I find 

 them in cultivation. 



T. occidentalis, var. plicata dumosa, Hort. 



Syn. : T. occidentalis plicata Llaveana, Hort. 



T. occidentalis nana, Carr. ('* Man. des Plantes," 

 iv. 323). 



Carriere describes this as having very crowded, spread- 

 ing branches, short and diffuse. Branchlets fan-shaped, 

 rather stout and short, disposed in different directions. 

 Forming a compact, roundish column, sometimes flat on 

 top, and is distinguished by the quantity of tiny branchlets, 

 which grow upon and practically conceal the main stem. 

 It does not exceed 30 inches in height. 



T. occidentalis, var. Wareana, Beiss. (ii. 504). 



A densely branched compact pyramid with broad fan- 

 shaped branches and short thick branchlets ; the branches 

 are vertical; foHage is bright green. Raised by Thomas 

 Ware, of Coventry, about 1850. 



Beissner records (ii. 505) coloured varieties of this form 

 under the names of var. Wareana lutescens, Hesse, and 

 var. Wareanu aureo-variegata, Spath; also a densely 

 branched compact globular form — var. WareaTia globosa, 

 Beiss., which I have not seen. 



