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same year by J. Gould Veitch. There are fine shrubs of this variety at 

 Tregothnan, at Coldrenick, and at Chipping Campden in the garden of Mr. 

 Griffiths. 



4. N^x.pendula, Masters, mjourn. Linn. Soc. {Bot.) xxxi. 355 (1896). 

 Chamcecyparis pendula, Maximowicz, MK Biol. vi. 26 (1866). 



A form resembling Thuya orientalis, L., var. pendula, Masters, in habit, with 

 long pendulous branches, and tetragonal branchlets and obtuse leaves. 



This was seen by Maximowicz in gardens around Tokyo ; but does not seem 

 to be known in Europe, unless it is identical with an extremely handsome pendulous 

 form,^ which originated from Japanese seed sown in Prince Lobkowitz's nursery at 

 Eisenberg in Bohemia. 



The principal forms, which only differ from the type in the colour of the 

 foliage are : — 



5. Var. aurea. Young branchlets golden yellow. This is said to have been sent 

 from Japan by Fortune to the Bagshot Nursery. According to the late Earl 

 Annesley, it is dense in habit, holding its rich colour in spring and early summer. 

 Kent considers it to be the most remarkable of all the coloured conifers.^ In var. 

 gracilis aurea, the branches are pendulous, with yellow branchlets, turning to light 

 green when mature. Var. Keteleeri, though said by Parlatore^ to have juvenile 

 foliage, is described by Gordon * as resembling the type in every respect, except 

 that about half the branchlets are yellow ; and apparently this was early introduced 

 from Japan. Var. Crippsii, at Kew, is a form with pale yellow young branchlets. 

 A shrub cultivated at Osborne as var. nana aurea, planted in 1873, is now about 

 15 ft. high. 



6. Var. albo-spica. Young shoots cream coloured when they first appear, 

 gradually changing to pale green in summer. Var. argentea, introduced from Japan 

 by Fortune, is similar, but silvery white or glaucous. 



7. The principal dwarf forms are var. nana and var. compacia. The latter has 

 lately produced ^ fertile seeds, but the seedlings are too young as yet to judge of 

 their precise character. Var. pygmcsa scarcely exceeds a foot in height and spreads 

 horizontally on all sides, and is much used for rockeries. 



8. Var. Troubetzkoyana, Rovelli, ex Masters, in Gard. Chron. vii. 108 

 (1890). 



A dwarf compact form, densely branched, with short, divaricating branchlets^ 

 and appressed light green, rather thick, lanceolate, acute but not acuminate leaves, 

 which bear a central gland on the back. This originated at Fallanza, in the garden 

 of Prince Troubetzkoy. 



9. Var. erecta. A fastigiate variety, like C. Lawsoniana, var. erecta viridis. 

 Introduced by Waterer and Sons." (A. H.) 



' Described as Chamacyparis obtusa pendula, by Beissner, Nadelhohkunde, 96 (1891). 



2 Majme, in Gard. Chron. xli. 217 (1907) reports two specimens 25 ft. high at Bicton. 



s In DC. Prod. xvi. 2, p. 466 (1868). ^ Pinttum, 368 (1875). 



^ Cf. Proc. Roy. Hart. Soc. xxxiv. p. ccxix. (1908). 



" It obtained a first-class certificate at the Horticultural Society, according to Card. Chron. 1870, p. 315. 



