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A MANUAL OF THE CONIFEE*. 



SciEKiirao Name. 



THUIA OCCIDENTALIS 



lutea 



(Sort. 



, , pendula 



(Gordon) 



Synonyms, 



Thuia " George Pea- 

 body" (Hort.) 



(Hort.) 



, , variegata 



(Sort.) 



,, Vervaeneana 

 (Sort.) 



plicata (Von) 



Popular Name. 



Habitat. 



duraosa 

 (Gordon) 



„ variegata 



(Sort.) 



STANDiSHII 



(Gordon) 



"Wareana (Hort.) 



gigantea (Sort. ), 



,, sibirica (Hort.) 

 , , occidentals 

 plicata 



(Loudon) 



„ antarctica 



(Hort.) 

 ,, minima (Hort.) 

 ,, pygmoea (Hort.) 



,, Wa/reana varie- 

 gata (Hort.) 



Thuiopm Standishii 



(Gordon) 

 Thuia gigantea 



(Parlatore) 



„ japonica 



(Maximowicz) 

 „ tartarica 



(Lodiges) 



see I/ibocedrus decurrens. 



The pendulous 

 Arbor Vitse 



The variegated 

 Arbor Vite 



The new Belgian 

 Arbor Vitse 



The Siberian 



Arbor Vitas 



Garden variety 



Height 

 in 



Feet. 



jj )> 



N.W. America 

 and E. Siberia 



Ware's Arbor 



Vita?. 



Garden variety- 

 Japan 



Garden variety 



25— 30 



18— 20 



2— 3 



18— 20 



40— 60 



Thuja gigantea (syn. Lobbi).— A tall slender pyramidal tree, 

 attaining, a height of upwards of 150 feet, in the rich alluvial 

 soil along the banks of the Columbia River, but ranging from 

 50 to 80 feet high in other localities. The branches are 

 numerous, short in proportion to the height of the tree, scattered 

 irregularly over the trunk, flexible, spreading, and frondose ■ the 

 branchlets with their foliage are of a glossy bright green, a 



