04 SUPPLEMENT TO THE PINETUM. 



introduced by Mr. Standish of the Royal Nursery, Bagshot, 

 along with, the following variety. 



Retinispora obtusa argentea, Fortune, the Silver Varie- 

 gated Japan Cypress. 

 This variety has a portion of its leaves and lesser branchlets 

 of a silvery white, intermixed throughout the branches. It is 

 much cultivated in the gardens about Yeddo, and other parts 

 of the Island of Nippon^ in Japan. 



Retinispora obtusa pygm^a, Gordon, the Pigmy Japan 



Cypress. 

 Syn. Thuja pygmaea, Veitch. 



This very singular variety forms a dwarf, cushion-shaped, 

 little bush, which seldom grows more than a foot or two high, 

 but spreads out in a horizontal direction all round, to more 

 than double that distance, and forms a large, dense, flat tuft of 

 glossy-green spray when old, with branchlets and leaves exactly 

 like those of the species. 



A very curious miniature evergreen bush, much cultivated in 

 the Japanese gardens about Yeddo, on account of its very 

 dwarf habit, dense, compact appearance, and glossy deep green 

 colour. It is quite hardy, and forms quite an interesting object 

 for rock-work or miniature gardens. 



It was first sent from Japan by Mr. Fortune to the Royal 

 Nursery at Bagshot, in the early part of 1861, as a dwarf va- 

 riety of Retinispora ; but more recently it has been erroneously 

 named Thuja pygmaea, through inadvertence, by others. 



Retinispora pisifera aurea. Fortune, the Golden Variegated 

 Pea-fruited Japan Cypress. 



This variety diflfers in having some of its smaller spray and 

 a portion of its leaves of a golden yellow colour, intermixed 

 with the usual gi'een ones. 



A striking variety when well variegated, found near Yeddo, 

 where it is called " Kwa-hak'' (flowering tree of life) by the 



