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crowded than is usual in the species. It is a very graceful and 

 handsome tree, which originated in Lawson's nursery in Edin- 

 burgh about 1869. 



Var. juniperina. 



Branchlets regularly pinnate, the ultimate divisions very fine, 

 with the leaves free at the tips. 



Var. Krameri. 



Habit thin and open, the ultimate divisions of the branches 

 slender, contorted, and whip-like. More curious than beautiful. 



Var. lycopodioides. 



Branches irregular, branchlets twisted, lax. Of no decorative 

 value. 



Var. patula. 



Habit compact, branchlet systems slender, fan-shaped, 

 spreading and slightly drooping ; foliage dark, shining green. 



Var. pendula. 



The branches are almost horizontal and the branchlets 

 pendulous. 



Var. pendula vera. 



Branches and branchlets pendulous, drooping almost vertic- 

 ally from the trunk ; more curious than beautiful. 



Var. Pottensoi. 



The ultimate branch systems dense and compact, rather like 

 those of dwarf forms of C. ohtusa. 



Var. Youngii, Masters. 



Habit pyramidal and elongated with stoutish, loosely set, 

 more or less twisted spreading branches. 



Dwarf Varieties. 

 Var. nana. 



A dwarf, rounded bush, broader than high, the erect, flattened 

 branchlet systems arranged edgeways like those of Thuya 

 orientalis. Leaves bright green. There are colour forms, in- 

 cluding var. nana alba, with yellowish white foHage, and var. 

 nana glanca (syn. compacta ; minima glauca) with glaucous 

 leaves. Var. nana was raised in 1861 by Dauvesse of Orleans. 



