THUYA 



THUYA 



1803 



ioni; :in<l slender spuriuLrly rainitied branches noildini; 

 at file tips, partly 4-aui;led ami elothed with sharply 

 peinted leaves. A very ilistinct form, somewhat shni- 

 liu" to CIni nuf rup'i ris /)/.sw7t'n(, var. filifenr, Var. dumo- 

 sa, Hort. (var. pllc.'lhl ililiiins'i . l-iord.l. Dwarf and 

 dense form of SL>int.'wliat irreuoilar hahit; in f-dia^e 

 similar to var. )dieata. Var. EUwangeriana, Beissn. 

 |var. Tom Tluimlii. Fii;. 2.1(111. A low, broad pyramid, 

 with slettder liranehes clothed with two kimts of foliaire, 

 ailnlt Ivs. ami primonlial. acicnhir spreading; Ivs. ; it is 

 an intermediate form between the var. erteoiclcs and 

 the type. K, H. bsii:i. p. ll.lO; 18,sii, p. ',i:;. Var. Ellwan- 

 geriina aiirea, Splith. Ijike the preeedimr Imt with yel- 

 low tolhoi'e. Var. ericoides, Beissn. iV Hoidist. ( h'lti- 

 ,:isi>-^r,i diil'i'i. Carr. />'. irico'uhx. Hort.. not Znec.i. 

 Fii:. 'J-'iOT. Dwarf, globose <.>r broadly pyramidal form, 

 with slender hranchlets clothed with needle-shaped, 

 soft, spreadim; Ivs.. dull irreen above, jirayish green 

 li.iieath and assuming a lirowmish tint in winter. K.H. 

 Issii, p. \K), '.'4. A ju^"ellile form. See, also, L'it'mi- 

 sp''>ru. \ai\ globosa, Beissn. ( var, (y/n?o/?(>r/.s-, Ht.irt. Var, 

 coiiipih-f'i ,;?e/.e,-.o, Hort. Var. I'riiebili . Hort.). Dwarf 

 globose form, with ^lender liranehes and bright green 

 foliage. Var. Harrisoni, Hort. "A neat little tree with 

 the entire foliage tippe.l almost pure white." Var. 

 Hoveyi, Veiteh. Dwarf, dense, ovate-globose form with 

 liriglit green foliage. Var. intermedia, Hort. "Of dwarf, 

 compac't. habit." Var. Little Gem, Hort. Very dwarf, 

 dark green form, growing broader than higli, Var. 

 liitea, Veiteh. ivar. .Inj,: iiH.^si)iia . Hort. \'ar. (ieorge 

 Peahody's Gi'ldrii.. Pyramidal form, with bright yel- 

 low foliage. Var. nana, Carr. {T. /ilirata. var coii- 

 Ihielii. Beissn. I. Dwarf, compact glob.-ise form; foli- 

 age similar to var. plicata. Var. p^ndula, Gord. With 

 the branches bending downward And the hranchlets 

 more tufted. Var, plicata, Mast. {T. pUrafa. Pari., not 

 Don. T. Wiireaiin. Booth). Pyramidal tree, darker 

 and denser than the type : branchlets short, rigi.l, much 

 flattened: foliage di.stinctly glandular, brownish dark 

 green above, hluisli green beneath. G.C. Ill, 21:2.iS. 

 Said to have been introduced from X. W. America, but 

 not fouicl wild there. Var. pumila, Beissn. Dwarf, 

 dense form with dark green foliage. Var. pygmsea, 

 Hort. (T. plii-ntii . var. piirtina'a. Beissn.). Similar to 

 var. tlumnsa. but still dwarfer, with bluish green fnli- 

 age. Var. Eeidii, Hort. "Broad, dwarf form with 

 -mall Ivs.. well retaining its color during the winter." 

 Var. Spithii, P. Smitli. 'Peculiar form with two kinds 



Gt. 42, p. .5.T9. Var. Vervaeneana, Henk. i- Hoclist. Of 

 smaller and denser habit lliun the type: tiranehlets 

 slenderer, witlt \-eilowisli foliage, bremzy in w-inter. 

 Var. Wagneriana, Beissn. (var. W'raiiunnii , Hort. I. 

 Globose fi,irni, retaining its bright green color during the 



2506. Thuya occidentahs, var. EUwangeriana 



of foliage ; the vounger and lower branchlets with 

 spreading acicular Ivs. like those of var. erii-oides, but 

 thicker in te.vtnre; the upper branchlet,? slender and 

 sparingly ramified much like those of rar. Douglaxi. 



2507. Thuya occidentalis, var. ericoides (>' b^), 



winter. JI.D.tl. lS9.j:12:;. \"ar. Wareana, Beissn. (var. 

 robustti, Oarr. 7'. Ca xctisirn , 2\ihii-ica and Sibirira, 

 Jb'rt.). Pyramidal tree, lower and denser than the 

 t\lie, with stouter branchlets : foliage bright green. 

 \b.'ry desiralde form, Var. Woodwardii, Hort. "Dense, 

 globose fLirm. with deep green foliage." 



EB. Zrs. irilli icJiittsh ma rJ^imj.^ boi.ath. 



gigantea, Nutt.i T. plicata, Don. T. J//;ir /..■,■//, Dough 

 T. Labbi, Hort.). Tall tree, attaining 200 ft., with short 

 liorizontal branches often pendulous at the ends, form- 

 ing a narrow piyramid: trunk with a much buttressed 

 base and clotheii with cinnamon-red bark: liranchlets 

 sh.nder, regularly and closely set: Ivs, bright green 

 and glossy above, dark green beneath and with whitish 

 triangular spots: Ivs, of vigorous shoots ovate, acumi- 

 nate," glandular, of the lateral branchlets acute and 

 scarcely glandular : cones cylindric-ovoid, little over 

 K in, long; scales 8-10, elliptic-oblong, usually the 3 

 middle pairs fertile; seeds winged, notched at the apex. 

 Alaska to northern Calif, and Slont. S.S. 10:,5:i;:i. G.C. 

 111. 21:21,5. G.F. 4:111). Var. adrea, Beissn. With yel- 

 lowish foliage. Var. gracilis, Beissn. Smaller tree, 

 with more slender branches and smaller foliage of paler 

 green. 



JapiSnica, Jlaxim. (T. Stihi<Usliii. Carr. T. r/igaiift'n , 

 var. Japuiiua, Franch, ct Sav. Tliiiipjpsis iitdiidis-Jii , 

 Gord.). Similar to the preceding but lower, usually 

 only 20-30 ft. high: branchlets more irregularly set, 

 thicker and less compressed: Ivs. ovate, obtusish, 

 thickish, lighter green above, darker beneath and with 

 whitish, triangular spots: cones oval, little over S in. 

 Ion"-: scales S. oval, usuallv the two middle pairs fer- 

 tile: Japan. G.C. III. 21 :25S. E.H, 1896:100. 

 AA. Cciies iiprifiht. the thicl-ened scalen ififli a promi- 

 nent hnni-like proeexs below the apex: seeils 

 u-i}iales,^ : branchlets 7-amified in a vertical 

 plane leith both sides alil;e. {Biota.} 



orientaiis, Linn, (Biota orientcllis, Endh). Pyra- 

 midal or bushy tree, attaining 2.3 ft., with spreading 

 and ascending branches: hranchlets thin: Ivs, rhombic- 

 ovate, acute, bright green, with a small gland on the 

 back: cones globose-ovate, 'o-l in. long; usually 6 

 ovate scales, each with a horn-like process, the upper- 

 most pair sterile. From Persia to E. Asia, in .Japan 

 probably only cult. There are many garden forms, of 

 wJiich the following are the best known: Var. attuo- 

 taxoldes, Carr. Dwarf, irregularly and not frond-like 

 br:incliing; liranchlets nearly quadrangular, slender, 

 dark green. K.H. 1861, p. 230. Var. aiirea, Hort. Low, 



