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DESCRIPTIONS OP THE SHRUBS 



specimens. The common dwarf form, Dwarf Dolabrata Arborvit^ 

 (590) — ntoa — is a very light glossy green bush, with slender branch- 

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Fig. 599. — Globe Arborvitae. 



Fig. 600. — Little Gem Arborvita. 



Common Arbortit^ — Thuja occident&lis — has the largest number of 

 dwarf forms; most of them have fan-shaped spray, many having colored, 

 other than green, and variegated foliage. Only a few of the 30 or 

 more can here be mentioned. One of the smallest. Dwarf Areorvit^e 

 — dumbsa, — rarely grows over 3 feet high, and is a spreading, irregularly 

 branching shrub, with crowded and tufted fan-shaped parts ; Globe Ar- 

 BORVix^ (599) — globdsa — is a bright green somewhat open rounded 

 shrub with slender branches; Hovey's ARBORViTiE — IWiveyi — is sim- 

 ilar to the last but more dense and ovate in shape ; Little Gem Arbor- 

 viT^ (600) is a spreading dark green very dwarf shrub, broader than 

 high; Baby- YELLOW Arborvit.2e — litea nilna — -is a dwarf compact 

 bush with golden foliage. 



Eastern or Chinese ARBOEViTiE — Thuja orientS,lis — also has a 

 number of dwarf forms with light green, dark green, and colored foliage, 

 having fan-shaped spray : Golden Dwarf Arborvit^ (601) — aiirea 

 n^na — is very dwarf and compact, with golden foliage ; Ever-golden 

 Arborvitje — semperaur^scens — is more globose, and the yellow color 



