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but many of them are of little horticultural value. The following 

 list is not exhaustive : — 



Var. argenteo-variegata, Hort. 



Biota orioutalis argeutca. 



Young shoots creamy white at the tips with patches of 

 silvery or white branchlets. 



Var. athrotaxoides. 



Biota oi-iontalis, var. athrotaxoides. 



A stout form with dark green foliage, the branchlets irregularly 

 spreading. 



Var. aurea, Hort, 



Biota orieiitalis nana ; Thuya aurca, Hort. ; T. nana aurea, Hort. ; 

 T. nana compacta aurea, Hort. 



A compact broadly pyramidal bush, the stem branching 

 almost from the base, the branches more or less spreading. Branch- 

 lets dense. Leaves yellow-green, short, thick, overlapping. 



Var. aureo-variegata, Hort. 



Biota orientaUs variegata, Gordon ; Thuya oriental is aureo-variegata, 

 Hort. ; T. variegata, Hort. 



Leaves yellow during the first year, the yellow shoots some- 

 times in patches. 



Var. compacta. 



Biota japonica ; B. orientalis nana, Carriere ; B. o. Sieboldi, End- 

 licher ; B. Zuccarini, Siebold ; Thuya compacta, Hort. ; T. nana, Hort. 

 T. Zuccariniana, Hort. 



A dwarf bush of dense, pyramidal habit. 



Var. decussata, Beissner and Hochst. 



Biota orientahs decussata ; B. Sieboldi ; Chanasecyparis decussata ; 

 Frenela glauca, Hort. (not Mirbel) ; Juniperus glauca ; Retinispora 

 flavescens ; R. juniperoides ; R. i-igida ; R. squarrosa, Hort. (not Zuc- 

 carini). 



A dense broadly pyramidal bush with erect branches and 

 slender round branchlets bearing awl-shaped leaves like those of 

 seedlings, in opposite and alternate pairs. Very distinct from 

 the typical form. 



Var. densa. 



Biota orientalis densa glauca. 



A dwarf plant of dense habit with slightly glaucous leaves, 



Var. elegantissima. 



Biota elegantissima. 



A dwarf form of stiff erect habit with the young leaves golden 

 yellow during the first summer. 



