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DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS 



specimens. The common dwarf form, Dwarf Dolabrata Arborvit.k 

 (590) — n^na — is a very liglit glossy green bush, with slender branch- 

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

 gata. 



Fig. 599. — Globe Arbor vitae. 



Fig. 600. — Little Gem Arborvitae. 



Common Arborvit^ — Thuja occidentalis — 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^ 

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

 branching shrub, with crowded and tufted fan-shaped parts; Globe Ar- 

 borvit^ (599) — glob5sa — is a bright green somewhat open rounded 

 shrub with slender branches; Hovey's Arborvit^ — Hoveyi — is sim- 

 ilar to the last but more dense and ovate in shape ; Little Gem Arbor- 

 viT^ (600) is a spreading dark green very dwarf shrub, broader than 

 high; Baby-yellow Arborvit^ — liitea nana — is a dwarf compact 

 bush with golden foliage. 



Eastern or Chinese Arborvit^ — Thuja orientalis — also has a 

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

 having fan-shaped spray: Golden Dwarf Arborvit.e (601) — aurea- 

 nana — is very dwarf and compact, with golden foliage ; Ever-golden 

 Arborvit.*: — semperaur^scens — is more globose, and the yellow color 



