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nine seeds. The following are the most distinct 

 varieties : 



T. occiDENTALis ARGENTEA is of neat, dwarf 

 growth, and perfectly distinct from every other that 

 I have met with. The foliage is of a deeper green 

 than the species, many of the branch-tips being 

 tipped with white. It is very hardy and attractive. 



T. OCCIDENTALIS AUREA is a beautiful and 

 distinct variety of one of the hardiest of all 

 conifers. It grows robust and strong, with an 

 upright inclination, the foliage being prettily 

 suffused by rich golden yellow, changing in winter 

 to a golden bronzy hue. It is a desirable form of 

 ready culture, and quite constant. 



T. OCCIDENTALIS CRISTATA. — A dwarf, curious 

 variety, with the branches much subdivided at 

 their extremities, thus causing a tufted or crested 

 appearance, some of these ball -shaped crested 

 masses being 3 inches in diameter. It is very 

 interesting and pleasing. 



T. OCCIDENTALIS ELLWANGERIANA is one of the 



neatest of the many varieties of the American 

 arborvitse, it being fairly dwarf, dense, and sub- 

 erect. The branches are pendulous and slender, 

 while the foliage is either scale-like or linear, and 

 sharp - pointed. The late Mr. EUwanger, of 

 Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester, N.Y., has given 

 me much useful information regarding this and 

 other varieties. 



T. OCCIDENTALIS HOVEii. — This well merits 

 attention, being of dwarf, neat growth, with thickly 

 arranged, brightly tinted twigs. 



T. OCCIDENTALIS LITTLE GEM. — For Alpine 

 gardening this is certainly a gem, its dwarf, neat 



