202 A HANDBOOK OF CONIFER.E 



Var. erecta filiformis. 



Main branches stiff and short, branchlets slender and longer 

 than in var. erecta viridis. 



Var. erecta viridis. 



Narrowly pjrramidal in habit, with a dense mass of strictly- 

 erect branches, the branchlet systems flattened and radiating 

 from the stem. Foliage bright green. This is one of the best 

 known and most distinct varieties. It originated in Mr. A. 

 Waterer's nursery at Knap Hill in 1855 from Calif ornian seed. 



Var. ericoides. 



Branchlets very slender, f ohage bright green, the leaves spread- 

 ing at the points. 



Var. Fletcher! . 



Leaves of the juvenile type, glaucous green, about ^ in. long. 



Var. Olbrichii. 



Stiff and compact in habit, with dense branch systems. 

 Branchlets arranged as in Thuya orientalis. 



Var. Smithii. 



Habit columnar, the tree scarcely tapering above ; leaves 



glaucous. 



Var. Wisseli. 



Habit columnar, the branches and branchlet systems erect, 

 crowded and tufted ; leaves glaucous. Not an attractive 

 variety. 



Pendulous and Spreading Varieties. 



Var. filifera. 



A very attractive and elegant form, the main branches hori- 

 zontal or slightly drooping ; the branchlets long, slender, and 

 whip-hke, drooping to a depth of 2 ft., the lateral divisions short 

 and remote. There is a good specimen at Kew. 



Var. gracilis. 



This includes several forms with slender pendulous branch- 

 lets, the young shoots being sometimes golden yellow, as in 

 gracilis pendula aurea, or white, in gracilis peyidula alba. 



Var. intertexta. 



A very vigorous tree with arching branches and remote, stout, 

 widely spreading branchlet systems, the ultimate divisions less 



