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species in having all its leaves aDd branchlets covered with a 

 fine glaucous powder, giving the plant quite a silvery appear- 

 ance when in good health. It was raised by Messrs. Lucombe 

 and Pince, of Exeter. 



Biota Orientalis Sieboldii, Endlicher. 



Syn. Biota Japonica, Siebold. 

 Orientalis nana, Carriere. 

 compacta, Hort. 



incurvata, Knight. 



Correana, Siebold. 



Thuja compacta, Hort. 

 nana, Hort. 

 Orientalis compacta, Hort. 

 Japonica, Hort. 

 stricta, Hort. 



This kind is distinguished by its dwarf, compact, conical 

 head, and numerous short branchlets, which are of a bright 

 green colour. 



The Japanese name for this variety is " Kus-jak " (peacock's 

 tail), on account of its close, fan-like branchlets and compact 

 general outline, resembling the tail of a peacock. It is much 

 cultivated in pots by the Japanese, on account of its dwarf, 

 compact habit. 



Biota Orientalis elegantissima, Bollisson, the very elegant 



Chinese Arbor- Vitas. 



Syn. Thuja elegantissima, Hort. 



A very elegant dwarf variety, obtained some years ago in 

 ;he nursery of Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting, from a sport of 

 jhe common Chinese Arbor- Vitse. It has a much neater ap- 

 >earance and more erect habit than the Biota Orientalis aurea, 

 dth all the tips or points of the young shoots of a golden 

 r ellow colour during the summer and autumnal months. It 

 lis the best of all the golden-tinted varieties. 



