THE CYPRESS SUB-FAMILY. 



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nurserymen, which has proven to. he very hardy and 



handsome. It great- 

 ly resembles the var. 

 gracilis, but is pos- 

 sibly more compact 

 in growth. 



O 



Var, monstrosa, 



Carriers. This dif- 

 fers from the species 

 in having fewer, but 

 larger and shorter 

 branchlets, curious- 

 ly contorted, and 

 thick leaves, mostly 

 obtuse, ovate. A 

 new and unintro- 

 duced plant. 



Var, elegantissi- 



liia. Hollinson. A 



Fig. 50. BIOTA ORIEXTALIS, YAK. HYBRIDA. 



new plant in the way of var. variegata avrea, but having 

 only the ends of the young branchlets marked- with a 

 lovely golden yellow during 

 the summer and autumn 

 months. The form is also 

 much more upright. 



Var. macrocarpa, Sort. 

 This fine new Arbor Vitae 

 was introduced by Ellwanger 

 and Barry, of the Mt. Hope 

 Nurseries, Rochester, X. Y., 

 as " Thuja macrocarpa, from 

 California ;" but since it has 

 fruited in our own collection, Fig. SI.-BIOTA ORIENTALS, VAR. 



MACROCAKPA. 



we have assigned it a true 



position in regard to its generic name. We believe, how- 

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