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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 
fine as the above. 
Thu. plicala (Nootka Sound arbor vitae). — These two plants 
^ plicata and Warreana, though often sold by se- 
Thu. Warreana. parate names, are, beyond question, identical ; 
Thu. compacta. this is the conclusion both of the English and 
Thu. robusta. . , . . . . , . 
I rench authorities ; although there is another 
plicata, a synonym of Thu. Menziesii in the English collections, 
and another Warreana in some of the French collections, as 
among “ les varieties horticoles,” but only another name for 
Thu. occidentalis. The true plicata and true 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 vitae, 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, whidh 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 all plants 
grown in this country, as the Siberian arbor vitae, are War- 
reana, or its synonym, plicata. 
Torrcya. The Torreya. 
Vulgarly, the Stinking Yew. — Small evergreen trees, found 
in North America, China and Japan, emitting, when bruised, 
