ORIENTAL AEBOR-VIT^. 51 



Syn. Thuja aurea, Waterer. 

 „ „ Orientalis aurea nana, Hort. 

 „ „ compacta aurea, Hort. 

 „ „ nana aurea, Sort. 



This variety forms a very neat, dwarf, round, dense, and 

 compact bush, seldom exceeding three or four feet in height, 

 with short, slender branchlets, which during the winter and 

 spring become of a golden yellow colour, particularly the 

 points of the shoots. 



It was raised in the nursery of Messrs. Waterer and God- 

 frey, at Knaphill. 



Biota Orientalis vaeiegata, Endlicker, the variegated 

 Chinese Arbor- Vitse. 

 Syn. Biota Orientalis variegata aurea, Carrier e. 

 „ Thuja variegata, Hort. 



„ Orientalis variegata, Hort. 

 This is the golden variegated Chinese Arbor-Vitas, and a 

 very effective variety, from the branchlets being of a bright 

 golden colour and bright green, equally intermixed all over the 

 plant. 



The Japanese call this kind " Furi-hiba " (two-coloured tree 

 of life), and " Suri-hiba " (vEwiegated tree of life), on account 

 of its having the yellow and green branchlets intermixed all 

 over the plant. 



Biota Orientalis aegentea, Hort., the silvery- white 



variegated Arbor- Vitse. 



Syn. Thuja argentea, Hort. 



This is the silvery-variegated Chinese Arbor- Vitse, and only 



differs from the preceding variety in the white colour of a 



portion of its branchlets. 



Biota Orientalis artheotaxoides, Hort., the Arthrotaxis- 

 like Arbor- Vitse. 

 This singular and distinct variety forms a dense dwarf bush, 

 with the branchlets curiously contorted. 

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