ARBORVIT^ 



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lasts throughout the year ; Thread-branched Arborvit^ — filif ormis 

 stricta — is a round-headed dwarf bush with upright slender, almost 

 thread-like, branches ; Whipcord Weeping Arborvit^ (602) — p^ndula 

 — is a weeping bush with tufted cord-like branchlets ; Juniper-leaved 

 Arborvit^ — decussata — is a bright bluish green low compact rounded 

 form, with linear spreading leaves, similar to Chamaecyparis squarrosa, 

 very useful for window boxes. 



The so-called ' Japanese Retinosporas ' furnish a number of dwarf 

 forms with fan-like spray. They belong to Hinoki Retinospora or Cy- 

 press — Chamaecyparis obtusa — and Sawara or Pea-fruited Retino- 

 spora — Chamaecyparis pisif era ; 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 Chamaecyparis obtusa, Pigmy Hinoki Reti- 

 nospora (603) — pygmtea, — has almost creeping branches, rarely reach- 



FiG. 601. — Golden Dwarf Arborvitse. 



Fig. 602. — Whip-cord Weeping 

 Arborvitae. 



ing a foot in height, and is very useful for rockeries; Dwarf Hinoki 

 Retinospora — nana — is a low form with short deep green branchlets; 

 Club Moss-leaved Hixoki Retinospora — lycopodioides — is low with 

 spreading rigid branches having 4-sided branchlets; Fern-like Hinoki 



