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DKSCHIITIOXS OK THE SHIU HS 



specimens. The commrm dwarf form, DWARF DOLABRATA ARBORVIT.T: 

 I.V.HI) nana is a very light glossy green bush, with slender branch- 

 lets. There is a form of this with creamy tips to the branchlets, varie- 

 gata. 



FIG. 599. Globe Arborvitae. 



FIG. 600. Little Gem Arborvitse. 



COMMON ARBORVITVE Thuja occidentals has the largest number of 

 dwarf forms; most of them have fan-shaped spray, many having colored, 

 other than green, and variegated foliage. Only a few of the 30 or 

 more can here be mentioned. One of the smallest, DWARF ARBORVIT^; 

 dum6sa, rarely grows over 3 feet high, and is a spreading, irregularly 

 branching shrub, with crowded and tufted fan-shaped parts ; GLOBE AR- 

 r.'iuvnvi; (.">!!!>) glob6sa is a bright green somewhat open rounded 

 shrub with slender branches; HOVEY'S ARBORVITSE Hoveyi is sim- 

 ilar to the last but more dense and ovate in shape ; LITTLE GEM ARBOR- 

 VIT;E (600) is a spreading dark green very dwarf shrub, broader than 

 high; BABY-YELLOW ARBORVIT.E liitea nana is a dwarf compact 

 bush with golden foliage. 



KA-TKHN or CHINESE ARBORVIT^E Thuja orientalis also has a 

 number of dwarf forms with light green, dark green, and colored foliage, 

 having fan-shaped spray: GOLDEN DWARF ARBORVITJE (601) aurea 

 liana is vor.v dw;irf and compact, with golden 'foliage ; EVEE-GOLDKN 

 AKBOKVIT.I: scmperaure'scens is more globose, and the yellow color 



