124 HARDY CONIFEROUS TREES. 



T. occidentalis Ellwang^eriana is one of the 



neatest of the many varieties of the American arborvitae, 

 it being fairly dwarf, dense, and sub-erect of growth. The 

 branches are pendulous and slender, while the foliage is 

 either scale-like or linear, and sharp-pointed. 



T. occidentalis Hoveii. This well merits attention, 

 being of dwarf, neat growth, with thickly arranged, brightly 

 tinted foliage. 



T. occidentalis lutea, Though at certain seasons 

 of the year the present variety bears great resemblance to 

 T. occidentalis Vervaeneana^ yet when the two varieties are 

 growing in close proximity, and thus of ready comparison, the 

 differences are readily ascertained. The variety lutea forms a 

 more upright growing and densely-branched specimen than 

 Vervaeneana, while the young shoots are of a bright orange 

 colour as compared with the greenish-yellow of Vervaeneana. 



T, occidentalis pendula differs much in habit in 

 several specimens, the usually recognised form having the 

 branches recurved and the slender branchlets thickly arranged 

 near the branch extremities. The best form is distinct and 

 valuable. 



T. occidentalis Vervaeneana well merits atten- 

 tion, the slender branches being of a deep and decided golden- 

 green, darkening during early winter to a golden-brown. 

 The habit is very neat and erect. 



T. occidentalis Wareana. This is of dense, neat 

 habit, with horizontal branches, and remarkable for the deep 

 green of the foliage. It is decidedly preferable for orna- 

 mental planting to the parent, being more regular of growth, 

 of deeper foliage tint, and with the branchlets clustered and 

 compact at the branch ends. 



T, oriental is, Linnaeus. Chinese Arborvitae. {Syno- 

 nym : Biota orientalis^ Endlicher.) China, Japan. A well- 

 known and valued species with brighter green foliage and 

 denser habit than T. occidentalis. As usually seen in this 

 country, it is of dense columnar appearance, both the branches 

 and branchlets being of decidedly upright growth, and the 



