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habit and rich shade of green rendering it a desir- 

 able acquisition for such a situation. 



T. occiDENTALis LUTEA. — Though at certain 

 seasons of the year the present variety bears great 

 resemblance to T. occidentalis VervcBneana, yet 

 when the two varieties are growing in close 

 proximity, and thus of ready comparison, the 

 differences are readily ascertained. The variety 

 lutea forms a more upright growing and densely 

 branched specimen than Vervceneana, while the 

 young shoots are of a bright orange colour as com- 

 pared with the greenish yellow of VervcBneana. 



T. OCCIDENTALIS PENDULA differs much in 

 habit in several specimens, the usually recognised 

 form having the branches recurved and the slender 

 branchlets thickly arranged near the branch ex- 

 tremities. The best form is distinct and valuable. 



T. OCCIDENTALIS PLICATA, Masters. (Syn- 

 onyms : T. Wareana, Booth ; T. gigantea plicata, 

 R. Brown.) North- West America. 1796. — In this 

 we have a small-growing tree of neat outline, but 

 somewhat resembhng the American Arborvitae, 

 from which, however, it may readily be distin- 

 guished by the shorter branches and less straggling 

 habit of growth. The branchlets, being numerous, 

 give to the tree, although the main branches are 

 usually placed far apart, a well-furnished and neat 

 outline, and these in turn are furnished with pairs 

 of closely appressed leaves that are yellowish 

 green in colour and very glandular. The cones 

 are three-eighths of an inch long, with six scales, 

 and three or four seeds towards the middle. It 

 thrives well in cold and draughty situations where 

 many conifers could not succeed. Though some- 



