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times placed as a variety of T, plicata or T, gigantea, 

 yet for garden purposes it is amply distinct, 

 whether in habit, foliage, or fruit. 



T. occiDENTALis VERV.ENEANA well merits 

 attention, the slender branches being of a deep 

 and decided greenish yellow, darkening during 

 early winter to a golden brown. The habit is very 

 neat and erect. 



T. OCCIDENTALIS WAREANA. — This is of dcusc, 

 neat habit, with horizontal branches, and remark- 

 able for the deep green of the foliage. It is 

 decidedly preferable for ornamental planting to 

 the parent, being more regular of growth, of deeper 

 foliage tint, and with the branchlets clustered and 

 compact at the ends of the branches. 



T. ORiENTALis, LiuncBUs. Chinese Arborvitae. 

 (Synonym : Biota orient alls, Endlicher.) China, 

 Japan. 1752. — A well-known and valued species 

 with brighter green foHage and denser habit than 

 T. occidentalis. As usually seen in this country, 

 it is of dense columnar appearance, both the 

 branches and branchlets being of decidedly upright 

 growth, and the latter well supplied with scale-like 

 imbricated leaves, arranged in four rows. Cones 

 half an inch long, composed of six scales, and of a 

 dull brown when ripe. There are many forms, the 

 following including the most distinct. 



T. ORIENTALIS AUREA is ouc of the most distinct 

 and popular of the many varieties, and is often met 

 with under the specific name of T. aurea. It 

 forms a dense globular bush, the growing foliage 

 being golden yellow, this subsiding into a dull 

 green with age and on the approach of winter. 



T. ORIENTALIS DENSA. Whether for its neat 



