100 SUPPLEMENT TO THE PINETUM. 



Gen. THUIOPSIS, Siehold, the Broad-leaved Arbor-Vitse. 



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 Thuiopsis dolabrata, Siehold, the Hatchet-leaved Arbor- Vitse. 



This is a tree growing from 40 to 50 feet high, and from one 

 to two feet in diameter, according to recent travellers in Japan ; 

 but, according to Professor Thunberg, " a lofty, vast, and beau- 

 tiful tree, of all evergreens the fairest." 



Its Japanese names are " Asufi,'^ and " Asu-naro" (white or 

 silvery beneath), and that of the Chinese, " Gan-si-hak^' (white 

 on the under side — tree of life). The term " Hak" (tree of 

 life) is applied to all the Arbor-Vitses in China, on account 

 of their being green at all seasons of the year. 



The tree is quite hardy, and prefers a shady situation, and 

 one that is rather moist. There are the following varieties : — 



Thuiopsis dolabrata variegata. Fortune, the Variegated 

 Hatchet-leaved Arbor-Vitae. 



This variety differs from the original form of the tree in 

 having a portion of its lesser spray and leaves of a pale yellow 

 colour, intermixed on the branches, all over the plant. 



A pretty variegated variety, first introduced to the K.oyal 

 Nursery at Bagshot by Mr. Fortune, in 1861, from the gardens 

 near Yeddo, in Japan. 



Thuiopsis dolabrata nana, Siehold, the Dwarf Hatchet- 

 leaved Arbor- Vitse. 

 A dwarf bush, seldom or ever exceeding 6 feet in height, 

 with smaller leaves than the species, and much cultivated in 

 the gardens about Yeddo in Japan, especially in. pots, and 

 called " Nezu" (dwarf) by the Japanese. 



Thuiopsis ? Standishi, Gordon, Standish's Japan Arbor- Vitse. 

 Leaves ovate, blunt-pointed, in opposite pairs, and closely 

 imbricated in four rows along the branchlets, the marginal ones 

 clasping over on each side, and overlapping the adpressed 

 upper and lower ones, so as to have the appearance of being 



