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Var. aurea, Young. 



Upright in habit, with the adult foUage deep golden yellow at 

 first, gradually becoming green in summer. 



Var. glauca. 

 Leaves more deeply glaucous or silvery than in the type. 



Var. japonica, Vilmorin. 



Habit bushy, leaves mostly awl-shaped, in threes, the terminal 

 branchlets bearing adult leaves. A juvenile form. 



Var. japonica aurea, Masters. 



Similar to var. aurea but of decumbent habit. Of Japanese 

 origin. 



Var. japonica aureo-variegata. 



Of dwarf habit, with many of the branchlets deep golden 

 yellow. 



Var. Pfitzeriana, Spath. 



A densely branched shrub with long, slightly drooping branch- 

 lets chiefly clothed with awl-shaped glaucous leaves. Originated 

 in Spath' s nursery, Berlin. 



Var. Sargenti, Henry. 



J. chinensis, var. prociunbens, Takeda (not Endlichcr) ; J. procumbens, 

 Sargent (not Siebold). 



Prostrate in habit, forming dense mats with long, creeping 

 stems. Fohage and fruit similar to that of the typical form, 

 except that no juvenile foliage is present. 



Var. sphaerica. 



J. sphaerica, Lindley. 



This appears to be merely a variety of J. chinensis, differing 

 mainly in the roundish fruit not covered with a glaucous bloom, 

 and containing numerous seeds. Introduced by Fortune from 

 China in 1846. 



J. chinensis, which is one of the commonest species in culti- 

 vation, may generally be recognized by the pale margins of the 

 blunt, scale-like leaves and the presence of juvenile foUage on 

 adult trees. It is a native of China, Mongolia, and Japan. In 

 China it is found wild in the mountains of Hupeh, Shensi, and 

 Szechuen, and is also commonly cultivated in China and Japan. 

 Linnaeus appears to have been the first to describe the tree ; it 

 was first introduced into England by WiUiam Kerr, who sent 

 plants from Canton to Kew in 1804. 



