TREES AND SHRUBS 



CHINESE ARBOR- VIT.E, Thuya orientalis. 



Parks, gardens. April. 



Flowers monoecious, terminal and solitary ; Fruit, a cone, solitary at ends of 

 branchlets, ovate-elliptic, 6-valved, ^ in. long, light brown, scales 6, 2 central 

 and 4 around sides. 



Leaves in 4 rows, ovate-rhomboid, scale-like, imbricated, adpressed, decurrent, 

 acute, shining green and glaucous when young, afterwards dull green, 

 glandless. 



An evergreen tree, 18-20 ft. ; or pyramidal bush ; BrancJies at first horizontal, 

 afterwards fastigiate ; branchlets in 2 rows, flat. 



Native of China and Japan. Many varieties in cultivation. Known in 

 nurseries and gardens as Biota orientalis. 



INCENSE CEDAR, Libocedms decurrens. 



Parks. January. Best on deep moist loam. Propagated by cuttings of 

 firm shoots or branchlets in sandy soil in cold frame or under handlight, 

 August or September ; seeds in pans of sandy soil in cold frame or greenhouse, 

 October — April. 



Flowers monoecious, solitary, terminal, on different branchlets ; Males ovate, 

 nearly \ in. long, stamens 12-16, connectives with 4 anther cells; Females 

 oblong, seminiferous scales, bearing 2 ovules, bract scales 2-6 pairs, ovate, 

 acute, yellow-green ; Fruit a cone, oblong, 1 in. long, erect, light red-brown, 

 scales 2-3 pairs, sub-coriaceous ; seeds oblong-lanceolate, \—\ in. long, ripening 

 in 1 year. 



Leaves in 4 ranks, oblong-obovate, scale like, small, decurrent, adnate to 

 branches except at apex, deep glossy green, }, in. long on leading shoots, those of 

 lateral ranks keeled and glandular on back. 



An evergreen tree, 35-40 ft. ; columnar ; Branches slender, erect, lower ones 



curved ; branchlets flattened, laterals 4-0 ins. long ; Bark cinnamon-red, scaly ; 



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