Thuia japonica 
Native of Japan. 
Nat. Order: Conirere#. = Tribe: Cupressinea. 
Thuia japonica, Maximowicz in “ Bull. Acad. St. Petersb.” x. 490 
(1866) ; Veitch, Manual, ed. ii. 245; Z. Standishiz, Carriére, 
“ Traité Conif.” ed. ii. 108 (1867); Thijopsis Standishit, 
Hort. 
Is better known here as 7. Standishii, it having been intro- 
duced by the late Mr. Standish, of Ascot Nursery, in 1861. 
It is a beautiful and distinct evergreen conifer from the 
central mountains of Japan, The plant figured is twenty 
feet high, and in its native place it reaches a height of twenty 
to thirty feet. It is somewhat like 7huda dolabrata, though 
more elegant and graceful in appearance. The foliage 
is yellowish-green, the habit is loose and rather open, if left 
to nature ; therefore to make a well-balanced tree the leading 
side shoots may be shortened back occasionally, which will 
cause them to make lateral growth, and the tree will become 
better furnished than it otherwise would have been. It does 
very well in ordinary loam, and makes a growth here of about 
a foot annually. In very dry soils it is liable to drop its 
leaves, and eventually becomes thin and unsightly. 
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