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lasts throughout the year; THREAP-BRANCHED ARBORVITVE filiformis 

 strfcta is a round-headed dwarf bush with upright slender, ;tlmci.-t 

 thread-like, branches ; WHIPI-OKD WEEPING AKHORVIT.K (<>02) p&idula 

 is a weeping bush with tufted cord-like branchlets ; JI;NIPEK-I i IVED 

 AKUOKVIT.K decussata is a bright bluish given low compact rounded 

 form, with linear spreading leaves, similar to Chamsecyparis squarrosa. 

 very useful for window boxes. 



The so-called 'JAPANESE RETINOSPORAS ' furnish a number of dwarf 

 forms with fan-like spray. They In-long to HINOKI RETINOSPOIJA or CY- 

 PRESS ( 'hamaecyparis ohtiisa and SAWARA or PEA-FRUITED RKTIM>- 

 sroi;\ I'haimt'cypuris pisffera; the latter with the smaller cones, pea- 

 like, as is indicated by the specific name. These, as well as the Thujas, 

 have forms with golden and silvery foliage. Both the species occasionally 

 grow in their native country to the height of 100 feet or more. The 

 smallest of the varieties of C'hamsecyparis obtusa, PIGMY HINOKI RETI- 

 NOSPORA (003) pygintea, has almost creeping branches, rarely reach- 



FIG. 601. Golden Dwarf Arborvitae. 



FIG. 602. Whip-cord Weepiug 

 Arborvitae. 



ing a foot in height, and is very useful for rockeries; DWARF HINOKI 

 KKTINOSPORA nana is a low form with short deep green branchlets; 

 ( 'i.ris MOSS-LEAVED HINOKI RKTINO-JI-OKA Lycopodioldes is low with 

 spreading rigid branches having 4-sided branchlets; FKUS-I.IKE HINOKI 



