THUJA. 401 



Japan ones. In Japan it is called "Hiba" (tree of life), and 

 in China "Hak" (everlasting life), on account of the plants 

 being evergreen, and of a lively or bright green at all seasons 

 of the year. But as the Genus Thuja is now defined, only one 

 of the China or Japan kinds belong to it, all the others being 

 transferred to that of Biota. 



No. 1. Thuja dumosa, Gordon, the Bush Arbor- Vitje. 



Syn. Thuja Occidentalis dumosa, Hort. 

 )> » „ nana, Carrihre. 



„ „ minor, Wm. Paul. 



„ pygmsea, Rort. 

 „ „ nana, Hort. 



„ prostrata, Hort. 

 „ „ plicata Llaveana, Hort 

 ' „ „ „ dumosa, Hort. 



:, „ recurva nana, Hort. 

 „ „ Antarctica, Hort. 

 „ Biota prostrata, Hort. 



A spreading little bush, densely clothed with numerous short, 

 tufted, ilat, fan-sliaped branches, growing in all directions, and 

 thickly set with short, forked, two-edged branchlets, of a glossy 

 light-green above, but much paler below, and furnished on the 

 back rib with an elevated transparent gland. 



This kind forms a dense, dwarf, little, confused bush, with 

 numerous short, fan-shaped branchlets, seldom growing more 

 than two or three feet high, somewhat resembling in its 

 branchlets the Nootka Sound Arbor- Vitse (Thuja plicata), but 

 of a much lighter colour. 



It is said to be found in the Antarctic regions, and is quite 

 hardy. 



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