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]ong and slender ^^pjirinffly niniitied branches nodding 

 at Uie tips, partly 4-:um:lfcl and clothed with sharply 

 |.ointi-d k-avi-s. A vi-ry di^tiii.t form, somewhat simi- 

 lar to i'Jt'tiitari/jnu-i-^ jii.</rrrii, \ar. filifera. Var. dumd- 

 sa, H.irt. (var. i>licat<i i/i(m;>s,i. Gord.). Dwarf and 

 dense form of somewhat irregular habit; in foliage 

 similar to var. plicata. Var. EUwangeri&na Beissn 

 (var. Tom Thumb). Pig. 2506. A low, broad pjramid 

 with slender branches clothed with two kinds of foliage 

 adult Ivs. and primordial, acicular spreading Ivs it is 

 an intermediate form between the var. ericoides and 

 the type. R.H. 1869, p. 350; 1880, p. Ki. Vir EUwan 

 geri&na ailrea, Spath. Like the preceding but with \ el 

 low foliage. Var. ericoides, Beissn. & Hochst {Eeti 

 nlspora dubia, Carr. B. ericoides, Hort., not Zutc ) 

 Pig. 2507. Dwarf, globose or broadly pyraimdtl form 

 with slender branchlets clothed with needle shaped 

 soft, spreading Ivs., dull green above, grayish green 

 beneath and assuming a brownish tint in winter R H 

 1880, p. 93, 94. A juvenile form. See, also Hetini 

 spora. Var. globdsa, Beissn. (var. 3io6Hi(iri« Hor*^ \ ar 

 compdcta globdsa, Hort. Var. Frdebeli, Hort ) Dwarf 

 globose form, with slender branches and bright gieen 

 foliage. Var. H4rriaoni, Hort. "A neat little tree with 

 the entire foliage tipped almost pure white \ ar 

 Hflveyi, Veitch. Dwarf, dense, ovate-globose form with 

 bright green foliage. Var. intermedia, Hort. Of dw irf 

 compact habit." Var. Little Gem, Hort. Very dwarf, 

 dark green form, growing broader than high. Var. 

 ICltea, Veitch. (var. elegantissimn, Hort. Var. George 

 Peabody's Golden). Pyramidal form, with bright yel- 

 low foliage. Var. n&na, Carr. (T. pUcAta, var. com- 

 pdcta, Beissn.). Dwarf, compact globose form; foli- 

 age similar to var. plicata. Var. pSndula, Gord. With 

 the branches bending downward and the branchlets 

 more tufted. Var. plic&ta. Mast. (T. plieAta, Pari., not 

 Don. T. Waredna, Booth). Pyramidal tree, darker 

 and denser than the type: branchlets short, rigid, much 

 flattened: foliage distinctly glandular, brownish dark 

 green above, bluish green beneath. G.C. III. 21:258. 

 Said to have been introduced from N. W. America, but 

 not found wild there. Var. piimila, Beissn. Dwarf, 

 dense form with dark green foliage. Var. pygmsea, 

 Hort. {T. plicdta,Ta.T. pijgmwa, Beissn.). Similar to 

 var. ditmosa, but still dwarf er, with bluish green foli- 

 age. Var. BMdii, Hort. "Broad, dwarf form with 

 small Ivs.. well retaining its color during the winter." 

 Var. SpaBthii, P. Smith. Peculiar form with two kinds 



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2506. Thuya occidental: 



of foliage ; the younger and lower branchlets with 

 spreading acicular Ivs. like those of var. ericoides, but 

 thicker in texture; the upper branchlets slender and 

 sparingly ramified much like those of var. Douglusi. 



Gt. 42, p. 539. Var. Vervaeneina, Henk. & Hochst. Of 

 smaller and denser habit than the type : branchlets 

 slenderer, with yellowish foliage, bronzy in winter. 

 Var. Wagneriana, Beissn. (var. Versmanyii, Hort.). 

 Globose form, retaining its bright green color during the 



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2507. Thuya occidentalis. 



winter. M.D.G. 1895:123. Var. Wareina, Beissn. (var. 

 robilsta, Carr. T. Caucdsica, Tatdriea and Sibirica, 

 Hort.). Pyramidal tree, lower and denser than the 

 type, with stouter branchlets ; foliage bright green. 

 Very desirable form. Var. Woddwardii, Hort. "Dense, 

 globose form, with deep green foliage." 



BB. Zvs. with whitish markings beneath. 

 gigantda, Nutt. ( T. plicdta, Don. T. Mlnziesii. Dougl. 

 T. Lobbi, Hort.). Tall tree, attaining 200 ft., with short 

 horizontal branches often pendulous at the ends, form- 

 ing a narrow pyramid: trunk with a much buttressed 

 base and clothed with cinnamon-red bark: branchlets 

 slender, regularly and closely set: Ivs. bright green 

 and glossy above, dark green beneath and with whitish 

 triangular spots : Ivs. of vigorous shoots ovate, acumi- 

 nate, glandular, of the lateral branchlets acute and 

 scarcely glandular : cones cylindric-ovoid, little over 

 K in. long; scales 8-10, elliptic-oblong, usually the 3 

 middle pairs fertile; seeds winged, notched at the apex. 

 Alaska to northern Calif, and Mont. S.S. 10:533. G.C. 

 111.21:215. G.F. 4:116. Var. atirea, Beissn. With yel- 

 lowish foliage. Var. gT&eiliB, Beissn. Smaller tree, 

 with more slender branches and smaller foliage of paler 



Jap6nica, Maxim. {T. Stdndishii, Carr. T. gigantia, 

 var. Jap(!«ica, Franch. & Sav. Thuyopsis Stdndishi, 

 Gord. ) . Similar to the preceding but lower, usually 

 only 20-30 ft. high: branchlets more irregularly set, 

 thicker and less compressed: Ivs. ovate, obtusish, 

 thickish. lighter green above, darker beneath and with 

 whitish, triangular spots: cones oval, little over % in. 

 long: scales 8, oval, usually the two middle pairs fer- 

 tile. Japan. G.C. III. 21:258. R.H. 1896:160. 

 AA. Cones upright, the thickened scales with a promi- 

 nent horn-like process below the apex: seeds 

 wingless: branchlets ramified in a vertical 

 plane with both sides alike. {Biota.) 

 orientaiis, Linn. {Bidta orient&lis, Endl.). Pyra- 

 midal or bushy tree, attaining 25 ft., with spreading 

 and ascending branches: branchlets thin: Ivs. rhombic- 

 ovate, acute, bright green, with a small gland on the 

 back: cones globose-ovate, >4-l in. long; usually 6 

 ovate scales, each with a horn-like process, the upper- 

 most pair sterile. From Persia to E. Asia, in Japan 

 probably only cult. There are many garden forms, of 

 which the following are the best known: Var. athro- 

 taxoldes, Carr. Dwarf, irregularly and not frond-like 

 branching; branchlets nearly quadrangular, slender, 

 dark green. R.H. 1861, p. 230. Var. aurea, Hort. Low, 



