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Var. variegata. Fortune. From the gardens about 

 Yeddo, in Japan, where it was seen by Fortune, and sent 

 to England in 1861. The usual green foliage and branch- 

 lets are prettily variegated with pale straw color or lemon 

 yellow. 



Var. liana, Siebold. Another of those dwarf plants 

 which the Japanese delight in producing, and cultivate 

 principally in pots, under the name of Ne&u. The leaves 

 are much smaller than those of the species, and the plant 

 very dwarf in habit. 



NEW SPECIES OF THUIOPSIS. 



2. T, Standishi, Gordon. This very handsome new 

 plant was introduced into the Royal Nursery, at Bagshot, 

 England, by Fortune, in 1861, and was found near Yeddo, 

 in Japan. 



The general appearance of this tree is not very unlike that 

 of the preceding species,but the foliage is quite distinct, that 

 of the T. Standishibemg covered beneath with a glaucous- 

 ness that renders it quite pleasing, but less silvery than 

 that of the T. dolabrata. The leaves of the former are 

 also smaller than those of the latter. The habit of the 

 branches is somewhat pendulous. This may prove to be 

 a variety of T. dolabrata, but, if so, a very distinct and 

 desirable one. 



3. T. laetcvirens, Hort. A beautiful dwarf Conifer, 

 with somewhat the aspect of a true Lycopod. It has 

 lately appeared in Japanese collections, but whether a 

 true species or not, we are unable to state. 



