LXXVII. CONIFER^E: 



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arbor vitas, by its more dense habit of growth, by its branches being chiefly 

 turned upwards, and by its leaves or scales being smaller, closer together, 

 and of a lighter green. It is a more compact-growing and handsomer species 

 than the American arbor vitas, and quite hardy in the climate of London, 

 where, in fine seasons, it ripens seeds. These are generally sown in pots im- 

 mediately after they are gathered in autumn, in which case the plants come 

 up the following summer ; but, if the seeds are not sown till spring, they fre- 

 quently do not come up for a year. Layers generally require two years to 

 root sufficiently ; and cuttings are rather more difficult to strike than those of 

 T. occidentals. In a young state, the plants are somewhat tender ; but they 

 become quite hardy when old, even in the climate of Edinburgh. 



iii. Cyparissa. 



T. cupressoides L. a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and T. pensilis 

 Lamb., a native of China, exemplify this section, and are described at length 

 in our first edition, but they are too tender for the open garden. 



1 5. T. PE'NDULA Lamb. The pendulous, or weeping, Arbor Vita?. 



Identification. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 2. t. 67. 



Sijnontjmes. ? T. filif6rmis I. odd. ; ? Junfperus flagelliftrmis Hort. (See Nos. 4. and 5. in p. 1076.) 

 Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 2. t. 67. ; our Jig. 1994. to our usual scale; and Jig. 1993. of the 

 natural size. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves opposite and decussating, spreading, lanceolate, mu- 

 cronulate, keeled, somewhat distant. Cones globose. Scales convex, 

 smooth. Branches filiform, pendulous. (Lamb.) Branches very ionir, 

 hanging down in the most graceful manner ; light green. Cones globose, 

 about the size of a wild cherry. 6-valved ; valves roundish, very thick, 

 fungous, externally convex, smooth. A low evergreen tree. Chinese 

 Tartary. Height ?. Introduced in 1800, or probably before. 

 Only two large plants are known to be 



in Britain, one in the Chelsea Botanic 



Garden, and the other in the arboretum at 



Kew ; from both of which cuttings have 



1993. T. plndula. 



been struck in 1837 and 1838. A very remarkable and very desirable 

 species ; quite hardy, and not very difficult to propagate. 



T. filiformis Lodd. (probably T. pendula Lavib.), of which there are young 

 plants in the collection at Hackney, is noticed in our first edition ; and T. 

 dolabrata I/., a large lofty tree, a native of Japan, is described at length, but 

 pot yet introduced. 



