532 LANDSCAPE GAEDENING. 



as fine as Aurea, making a most superb tree. It holds its color 

 even better than Thu. Siberica, while it is a lively, soft green, 

 brighter than Aurea, and not as sombre as Siberica. It is now, 

 even in midwinter, as green as most arbor vitaes are in summer. 

 Messrs. Hovey have two other seedlings, not as distinct or 

 line as the above. 



Thu. plicaia (Nootka Sound arbor vitae). — These two plants 



plicata and Warreana, though often sold by se- 



Thn. Warreana. parate names, are, beyond question. Identical ; 



Thn. compacts, ^jjjg ig ^jjg conclusion both of the English and 



French authorities; although there is another 



plicata, a synonym of Thu, Menziedi in the English collections, 



and another "Warreana in some of the French collections, as 



among "les varifetifes horticoles," but only another name for 



Thu. occidentalis. The true plicata and trv£ Warreana are one 



and the same thing. 



The Nootka Sound arbor vitae is found on the western shores 

 of North America, at Nootka Sound, quite hardy, everywhere, 

 and differing from the common American arbor vitse, in having 

 its branches shorter, more compact, stouter, and densely covered 

 with small, flattened leaves, bluntly pointed, and with a plaited 

 and jointed appearance. 



We have already alluded, under the head of Biota, to the dif- 

 ficulty in recognizing the origin of B. Siberica, which is some- 

 times confounded with Tatarica, but more generally with War- 

 reana. This latter (Warreana) was named from Mr. Ware, a 

 nurseryman at Coventry, in England, and Mr. Loudon con- 

 sidered it as a distinct variety ; but it seems now to be referred 

 back again to Thu. occidentalis ; and Siberica adopted as its 

 name without any botanical authority, and simply as a nur- 

 ' sery distinction ; and we presume, consequently, that aU plants 

 grown in this country, as the Siberian arbor vitae, are War- 

 reana, or its synonym, plicata. 



Torreya. The Toreeta. 



Vulgarly, the Stinking Yew. — Small evergreen trees, found 

 in North America, China and Japan, emitting, when bruised, 



