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BIOTA. Chinese Arborvitae 
The Chinese Arborvitaes thrive in almost any soil, and will stand a great 
deal of heat. They are, therefore, useful for planting in positions where they 
must endure much sun during the winter months, as they will not brown as 
quickly as the other evergreens. 
B. orientalis. Oriental Arborvitae. {Mm) Pyramidal bush, densely 
clothed with fresh green foliage; very hardy. 
B. orientalis, var. aurea. Golden Chinese Arborvitae. {S m) Conical 
in form; medium size; bright golden green foliage. 
B. orientalis, var. compacta. Compact Chinese Arborvitae. (VD s) A 
dwarf form, very compact and columnar; fresh green foliage. Valuable for 
garden work where a fastigiate form is required. 
B. orientalis, var. elegantissima. Rollinson’s Golden Arborvitae. ( Sm) 
Medium size; upright, pyramidal form; foliage tipped with yellow, giving 
it a bright golden color, which turns bronze in winter. A rich and elegant 
variety. 
B. orientalis, var. filiformis; syn., Japonicum. Thread - Branched 
Arborvita?. (Ds) Bushy form, with long, slender, drooping branches and 
light green foliage. Hardy and rare. 
B. orientalis, var. semper-aurescens. Ever-Golden Arborvitae. {VD s) 
Of dense form, coloring well, and retaining its golden shading throughout 
the year. 
CEDRUS. Cedar 
A class of trees that should be more widely planted, as they are among the 
handsomest evergreens, and, while some of them may not be hardy in all positions, 
it is always possible to select a sheltered location in which they will prove highly 
satisfactory. 
C. Atlantica. Mt. Atlas Cedar. {M v) Pyramidal, open and airy form. 
Light silvery foliage, shorter and denser than that of the Cedar of Lebanon, 
and very thick on upper side of branches. A vigorous and valuable tree. 
C. Atlantica, var. glauca. Mt. Atlas Silver Cedar. {M v) Similar to 
C. Atlantica , except that the foliage is a decided and beautiful silvery blue. 
C. Deodara. Deodar, or Indian Cedar. {Mm) Pyramidal form ; branches 
graceful and drooping; light foliage, of a silvery glaucous green. A beau¬ 
tiful, vigorous tree. Not entirely hardy north of Philadelphia. (See plate 
on page 7.) 
C. Libani. Cedar of Lebanon. {M v) A vigorous grower, with wide, 
spreading, horizontal branches; foliage dark green, massive and picturesque, 
oomcvvhat tender when young, but makes a grand specimen. 
CEPHALOTAXUS. Yew 
C. Fortunei. Fortune’s Yew. {Ss) Of rounded, bushy form; long, 
sen cr, drooping branches, with broad, dark green foliage. Fruit oblong, 
fleshy, of dark purplish brown color. 
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