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colour, with spreading branches, and open, broad, flat, branch- 

 lets. 



A fine distinct variety. 



Thuja gigantea pumila, Hort., the Smaller Giant Arbor- 



Vit^. 



Syn. Thuja Lobbii pumila, R. Smith. 

 » » „ diffusa, R. Smith. 



This variety is more diffuse in its habit than the species, 

 and much smaller in aU its parts ; the branchlets also are much 

 closer set along the branches, and of a brighter green. 

 A nice distinct variety. 



Thuja Occidentalis acba, Maxwell, the Queen Victoria, 

 American Arbor- Vitse. 



This is a pretty variety, with the tips of the young branch- 

 lets of a silvery-white colour in the spring and early part of 

 summer. 



It is an American production. 



Thuja Occidentalis aueea. Maxwell, the George Peabody, 

 American Arbor- Vitse. 

 This is a very nice, bright, golden, self-coloured variety, 

 recently introduced from the nursery of Messrs. Maxwell of 

 Geneva, New York. 



Thuja Occidentalis gracilis, Jno. Scott. 



This is a tall, loose-growing variety, with long, slender 

 branches, which droop regularly on all sides, the branchlets are 

 open, rather thinly placed, and furnished with longish, slender 

 bright-green laterals. 



A nice distinct kind which originated in Mr. Scott's nursery, 

 at Merriott. 



The Thuja plicata pendula of the nurseries, is the same 

 as Thuja Occidentalis pendula. 



