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lasts throughout the year ; Thread-branched Arbokvit^ — filif ormis 

 strfcta — is a round-headed dwarf bush with upright slender, almost 

 thread-like, hranches ; Whipcord Weeping Arborvit^ (602) — p^ndula 

 — is a weeping bush with tufted cord-like branchlets ; Juniper-leaved 

 Abborvit^ — decussS,ta — is a bright bluish green low compact rounded 

 form, with linear spreading leaves, similar to Chamsecyparis squaiTosa, 

 very useful for window boxes. 



The so-called ' Japanese Eetinosporas ' furnish a number of dwarf 

 forms with fan-like spray. They belong to Hinoki Retinospora or Cy- 

 press — Chamsecyparis obtusa — and Sawara or Pea-fruited Retino- 

 spora — Chamsecyparis pisifera ; the latter with the smaller cones, pea- 

 like, as is indicated by the specific name. These, as well as the Thujas, 

 have forms with golden and silvery foliage. Both the species occasionally 

 grow in their native country to the height of 100 feet or more. The 

 smallest of the varieties of Chamsecyparis obttisa. Pigmy Hinoki Reti- 

 nospora (603) — pygmaea, — has almost creeping branches, rarely reach- 



FiQ. 601. — Grolden Dwarf Arborvltse. 



FlQ. 602. — Whip-cord Weeping 

 Arborvitse. 



ing a foot in height, and is very useful for rockeries; Dwarf Hinoki 

 Retinospora — nana — is a low form with short deep green branchlets; 

 Ci.uB Moss-LEAVED HiNOKi Retinospora — lycopodioides — Is low with 

 spreading rigid branches having 4-sided branchlets ; Fern-like Hinoki 



