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species in having all its leaves and branchlets covered with a 

 fine glaucous powder, giving the plant quite a silvery appear- 

 ance when in good health. It was raised by Messrs. Lucombe 

 and Pince, of Exeter. 



Biota Orientalis Sieboldii, Endlicher. 



Syn. Biota Japonica, Siebold. 

 „ „ Orientalis nana, Carri^re. 

 „ „ „ compacta, Hort. 



,, „ „ incurvata, Knight. 



„ Corseana, Siebold, 

 „ Thuja compacta, Hort. 

 „ „ nana., Hort. 

 „ „ Orientalis compacta, Hort. 

 „ „ Japonica, Hort. 

 „ „ stricta, Hort, 



This kind is distinguished by its dwarf, compact, conical 

 head, and numerous short branchlets, which are of a bright 

 green colour. 



The Japanese name for this variety is " Kus-jak " (peacock's 

 tail), on account of its close, fan-like branchlets and compact 

 general outline, resembling the tail of a peacock. It is much 

 cultivated in pots by the Japanese, on account of its dwarf, 

 compact habit. 



Biota Orientalis elegantissima, Bollisson, the very elegant 

 Chinese Arbor- Vitse. 



Syn. Thuja elegantissima, Hort. 



A very elegant dwarf variety, obtained some years ago in 

 the nursery of Messrs. EoUisson, of Tooting, from a sport of 

 the common Chinese Arbor- Vitse. It has a much neater ap- 

 pearance and more erect habit than the Biota Orientalis aurea, 

 with all the tips or points of the young shoots of a golden 

 yellow colour during the summer and autumnal months. It 

 is the best of all the golden-tinted varieties. 



