490 LANDSCAPE GAEDENIHG. 



hedge of it many years planted, which suffered a great deal at 

 first, but of late years, by severe cutting in the spring it seems 

 to have become quite acclimatized. 



B, orientalis glauca, and B. argentea, are new varieties, 

 not yet, we think, introduced ; the first a seedling of Messrs. 

 Pince, of Exeter, England, of a very silvery appearance, and 

 the latter resembling the Aurea, being silver instead of gold. 



B. orientalis aurea^ (the Golden arbor vitse,) is a seedling of 

 Messrs. Waterer, in England, we believe from the old B. 

 orientalis (the Chinese arbor vitae). The B. aurea is a pretty, 

 dense, and beautifully compact little shrub, growing not over 

 two or three feet high, of an exquisite delicate green in 

 winter, and a golden color at the extremities of its branches in 

 spring. 



It is perfectly hardy with us, at Fishkill, though forty miles 

 above us it does not stand well ; but we have observed that our 

 trees, now several years old, though untouched by the cold or 

 sun, lose very much the compact pressed appearance so charac- 

 teristic of the English plants, and its principal charm we think, 

 on this account. In complete collections of evergreens this is 

 one of the varieties we should recommend to be grown in pots 

 and kept in the house during the winter, although there is no 

 doubt of its hardihood here. 



B. pendula. (Weeping arbor vitas). — A bush or small tree, 



Syn. growing ten to fifteen feet high, with very long, 



Thuja pendula, slender, pendulous branches ; is one of the 



Thuja flliformis. ... . 



greatest acquisitions to our perfectly hardy 

 trees. Our largest specimen, eight to ten feet, has survived 

 our coldest winters and hottest summers for ten or twelve 

 years, without the slightest protection. Nothing can well be 

 prettier or more graceful than this charming little tree. We 

 do not know why this should not be hardy in our most northern 

 States, though, we understand, it is sometimes killed near 

 Philadelphia ; yet near Boston, and at Washington, it does as 

 well as here. It was at one time supposed to be a hybrid be- 

 tween the Common Red cedar and an arbor vitae, and to 

 have originated in a nursery in England ; but Dr. Siebold hav- 

 ing discovered the plant wild in China, finally decided the 

 question. 



