THUJA. 103 



Thuja Occidentalis densa, Gordon, the Bagshot Park Arbor- 



Vitae. 

 Syn. Thuja compacta, Slandish. 

 „ „ Caucasica, Hart. 



A fine dense, conical bush, with short, stout, compact 

 branches, and horizontal, flat, fan-shaped branchlets, of a rich 

 glossy-green colour, regularly imbricated with ovate, com- 

 pressed, glossy-green leaves, arranged in four rows. 



This kind forms a large, compact, pyramidal bush, growing 

 from 20 to 30 feet high, and nearly as dense as the Chinese 

 Arbor- Vitae. It somewhat resembles the Thuja plicata, but is 

 of a much brighter green, and less coarse in its branchlets. 



Some fine old plants of this kind are to be seen in the 

 pleasure grounds at Bagshot Park, the late residence of Her 

 Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, in Surrey. 



Thuja Occidentalis pendula, Gordoriy the Reverted- branched 



Arbor- Vitge. 



This variety differs in having the principal branches along 

 the main stem in a reverted position, and in the branchlets being 

 more densely clustered or tufted towards the ends of the 

 branches, and in a more declining position. 



The original plant is in Mr. Standish's Nursery at 

 Bagshot. 



Thuja Occidentalis Vervaeneana, Hort, the New Belgian 

 Variegated Arbor- Vitae. 

 Syn. Thuja Vervaeneana, Van-Geert. 

 This is a pretty variegated variety, with rather slender 

 branchlets, obtained by M. Vervaene, of Ghent, from the com- 

 mon American Arbor- Vitse. 



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Thuja plicata variegata, Carriere, the Variegated Nootka 



Sound Arbor- Vitae. 



A pretty variety, only differing from the original form in 



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



