THUYA 



THUYA 



1803 



long and slender sparingly ramified branches nodding 

 at the tips, partly 4-angled and clothed with sharply 

 pointed leaves. A very distinct form, somewhat simi- 

 lar to Chamvecyparis pisifera, var. filifera. Var. dumb- 

 sa, Hort. (var. plicdta dumosa, Gord.). Dwarf and 

 dense form of somewhat irregular habit; in foliage 

 similar to var. plicata. Var. EHwangeriana, Beissn. 

 (var. Tom Thumb). Fig. 250ti. A low, broad pyramid, 

 with slender branches clothed with two kinds of foliage, 

 adult Ivs. and primordial, acicular spreading lvs.; it is 

 an intermediate form between the var. ericoides and 

 the type. R.H. 1869, p. 350; 1880, p. 9:i. Var. Ellwan- 

 geriana aurea, Spiith. Like the preceding but with yel- 

 low foliage. Var. ericoides, Beissn. & Hochst. (Beti- 

 nispora dubia, Carr. B. ericoides, Hort., not Zucc). 

 Pig. 2507. Dwarf, globose or broadly pyramidal form, 

 with slender branchlets clothed with needle-shaped, 

 soft, spreading lvs., dull green above, grayish green 

 beneath and assuming a brownish tint in winter. R.H. 

 1880, p. 93, 94. A juvenile form. See, also, Betini- 

 spora. Var. globosa, Beissn. (var. globulins, Hort. Var. 

 compdcta gldbbsa, Hort. Var. Frdebeli, Hort.). Dwarf 

 globose form, with slender branches and bright green 

 foliage. Var. Harrisoni, Hort. "A neat little tree with 

 the entire foliage tipped almost pure white." Var. 

 H6veyi, Veitch. Dwarf, dense, ovate-globose form with 

 bright green foliage. Var. intermedia, Hort. "Of dwarf, 

 compact habit." Var. Little Gem, Hort. Very dwarf, 

 dark green form, growing broader than high. Var. 

 liitea, Veitch. (var. elegantissima, Hort. Var. George 

 Peabody's Golden). Pyramidal form, with bright yel- 

 low foliage. Var. nana, Carr. (T. plic&ta, var. com- 

 pdcta, Beissn.). Dwarf, compact globose form; foli- 

 age similar to var. plicata. Var. pendula, Gord. With 

 the branches bending downward and the branchlets 

 more tufted. Var. plicata, Mast. (T. plicata, Pari., not 

 Don. T. Ware&na, Booth). Pyramidal tree, darker 

 and denser than the type: branchlets short, rigid, much 

 flattened: foliage distinctly glandular, brownish dark 

 green above, bluish green beneath. G.C. III. 21:258. 

 Said to have been introduced from N. W. America, but 

 not found wild there. Var. pumila, Beissn. Dwarf, 

 dense form with dark green foliage. Var. pygmaea, 

 Hort. ( T. plicdta, var. pygmcea, Beissn.). Similar to 

 var. dumosa, but still dwarfer, with bluish green foli- 

 age. Var. Beidii, Hort. "Broad, dwarf form with 

 small lvs.. well retaining its color during the winter." 

 Var. Spiethii, P. Smith. Peculiar form with two kinds 



Gt. 42, p. 539. Var. Vervasneana, Henk. & Hochst. Of 

 smaller and denser habit than the type : branchlets 

 slenderer, with yellowish foliage, bronzy in winter. 

 Var. Wagneriana, Beissn. (var. Virsmanni, Hort.). 

 Globose form, retaining its bright green color during the 



2506. Thuya occidentalis. var. Ellwangeriana (X }Q. 



of foliage ; the younger and lower branchlets with 

 spreading acicular lvs. like those of var. ericoides, but 

 thicker in texture; the upper branchlets slender and 

 sparingly ramified much like those of var. Douglasi. 





Thuya occidentalis. var. ericoides (X ^3). 



winter. M.D.G. 1895:123. Var. Wareana, Beissn. (var. 

 robusta, Carr. T. Caucdsica, Tatdrica and Sibirica, 

 Hort.). Pyramidal tree, lower and denser than the 

 type, with stouter branchlets ; foliage bright green. 

 Very desirable form. Var. Woodwardii, Hort. "Dense, 

 globose form, with deep green foliage." 



bb. Lvs. with whitish markings beneath. 



gigantea, Nutt.f T. plicdta, Don. T. Menziesii, Dougl. 

 T. Lbbbi, Hort.). Tall tree, attaining 200 ft., with short 

 horizontal branches often pendulous at the ends, form- 

 ing a narrow pyramid : trunk with a much buttressed 

 base and clothed with cinnamon-red bark: branchlets 

 slender, regularly and closely set: lvs. bright green 

 and glossy above, dark green beneath and with whitish 

 triangular spots: lvs. of vigorous shoots ovate, acumi- 

 nate, glandular, of the lateral branchlets acute and 

 scarcely glandular : cones cylindric-ovoid, little over 

 yi in. long; scales 8-10, elliptic-oblong, usually the 3 

 middle pairs fertile; seeds winged, notched at the apex. 

 Alaska to northern Calif, and Mont. S.S. 10:533. G.C. 

 111.21:215. G.F. 4:110. Var. aurea, Beissn. With yel- 

 lowish foliage. Var. gracilis, Beissn. Smaller tree, 

 with more slender branches and smaller foliage of paler 

 green. 



Jap6nica, Maxim. (T. Stdndishii, Carr. T. gigantea, 

 var. Japdniea, Pranch. & Sav. Thuydpsis Stdndishi, 

 Gord.). Similar to the preceding but lower, usually 

 only 20-30 ft. high: branchlets more irregularly set, 

 thicker and less compressed: lvs. ovate, obtusish, 

 thickish, lighter green above, darker beneath and with 

 whitish, triangular spots: cones oval, little over % in. 

 long: scales 8. oval, usually the two middle pairs fer- 

 tile. Japan. G.C. III. 21:258. R.H. 1896:160. 

 aa. Cones upright, the thickened scales with a promi- 

 nent horn-like process belotv the apex: seeds 

 wingless: branchlets ramified in a vertical 

 plane with both sides alike. (Biota.) 



orientalis, Linn. {Bidta orientalis, Endl.). Pyra- 

 midal or bushy tree, attaining 25 ft., with spreading 

 and ascending branches: branchlets thin: lvs. rhombic- 

 ovate, acute, bright green, with a small gland on the 

 back: cones globose-ovate, %-\ in. long; usualI) T 6 

 ovate scales, each with a born-like process, the upper- 

 most pair sterile. From Persia to E. Asia, in Japan 

 probably only cult. There are many garden forms, of 

 which the following are the best known: Var. athro- 

 taxoides, Carr. Dwarf, irregularly and not frond-like 

 branching; branchlets nearly quadrangular, slender, 

 dark green. R.H. 1861, p. 230. Var. aurea, Hort. Low, 



