EVERGREEiq- TREES AXD SHRUBS. 107 



Sometimes, however, they succeed in favorable situations 

 north of this. What are known commonly as the Red 

 Cedar and White Cedar do not belong to t\iG gonusCednis. 



The Cedar of Lebanon (C. Lihani) is a grand, 

 spreading tree, with massive, dark-green foliage. Al- 

 though tender when young, its hardiness increases with 

 age, A. 



MouxT Atlas Cedar {C. Atlantica) is of p3Tamidal 

 form, witli light, silvery foliage, and is quite hardy. 



Deodar or Indiak Cedar ((7. Deodara) is a charm- 

 ing evergreen of pjTamidal form, but with graceful 

 drooping branches, and glaucous green foliage. A fine 

 tree for the Southern States. 



The JAPAi^ Cedar {Cryptoweria Japoniva), belong- 

 ing to another genus, is a beautiful conifer, only suitable 

 for culture at Baltimore and southward, B. 



The California White Cedar {Libocedrus decur- 

 7Twv) is also of a distinct genus. It is from California, 

 and too tender for general culture in the Xorth, but one 

 of the finest evergreens for the South, B. 



THE ARBOR YiT.ES and RETINISPORAS. Thuja and Biota. 



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The members of the two genera. Thuja and Biota, are 

 both popularly known by the name of Arbor Yit^. The 

 Eetinisporas, formerly classed as a distinct genus, have 

 been added to Thuja, as they are not botanically distinct. 

 As they were introduced as Retinisporas, and are under 

 that name in all the catalogues, it is convenient to retain 

 it as a garden name. 



American" Arbor Vit^e {Thuja occidentalis), also 

 called in some localities White Cedar, is a perfectly hardy 

 tree, of rapid growth under favorable conditions, assum- 

 ing a conical form, but possessing less beauty than some 

 of its varieties, owdng to the tame color of its foliage; 



