North America, at Nootka Sound. Height 20 ft. to 30 ft. Introduced in
1796, and frequent in collections.
A very branchy, spreading, light green tree. Branches crowded, covered
with a reddish brown bark ; branchlets dense, often divided, pectinate, compressed.
Î 3. T. CHILE Nsis Lamb. The Chili Arbor Vitæ.
Identification. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2-, 2. p. 12S., No. 62.
Synonyme. Cupréssus ¿hyoïdes P avon MSS.
Engraving. O u r /^ " -2H 0. in p. 1110.
Spec, Char.y Branchlets jointed, spreading, compressed. Leaves ovate-
oblong, obtuse, somewhat 3-angIed, imbricated in 4 rows, adpressed, naked,
furrowed on both sides. Cones oval-oblong; scales 4, compressed, elliptic,
obtuse. Seeds winged at the apex, entire. (Lamb.) A beautiful dark
green spreading tree. Chili, on the Andes. Height 30 ft. to 40 ft. Not
yet introduced.
§ ii. Biòta.
Î 4. T. o r i e n t a ' l i s L. The Oriental, or Chinese, Arbor Vitæ.
Identification. Lin. Sp., 1422.; N. Du Ham., 3. p. 11.
Engravings. Dend. B rit., t, 149. ; and our fig. 1992.
Spec. C h a r.y c^t?. Branchlcts 2-edged. Leaves imbricated in 4 rows, ovate-
rhomboid, adpressed, furrowed along the middle. Cones elliptic; interior
scales blunt, mucronate beneath the apex. {WilldZ) A low evergreen tree,
or fastigiate shrub. China and Siberia, in rocky situations ; and also on
the mountains of Japan. Height 18 ft. to 20 ft. Introduced in 1752.
Flowering in May, and ripening its brown cones in the following autumn.
Varieties,
Î T. 0. 2 stricta Hort. T. pyramidàlis Baum. Cat. ed. 1837 ; and the
plate o f this tree in Arb. Brit.y 1st ed. vol. viii.— More fastigiate than
the species in its habit of growth.
A T. o. 3 tatárica. T. tatárica Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836 ; T. Waredna Booth
Cat. 1839.—Leaves, and the entire plant, rather smaller than in the
species.
1992. T. orientàlis.
A low tree or large shrub; distinguishable, at first .sight,from the American
arbor vitæ, by its more dense habit of growth, by its branches being chiefly
turned upwards, and by its leaves or scales being smaller, closer together,
and of a lighter green. It is amore compact-growing and handsomer species
than the American arbor vitæ, and quite hardy in the climate of London,
where, in fine seasons, it ripens seeds. These are generally sown in pots immediately
after they are gathered in autumn, in which case the plants come
up the following summer ; but, if the seeds are not sown till spring, they fre-
(juently do not come up for a year. Layers generally require two years to
root sufficiently ; and cuttings are rather more difficult to strike than those of
T, occidentàlis. In a young state, the plants are somewhat tender ; but they
become quite hardy when old, even in the climate of Edinburgh.
§ iii. Cyparissa,
T. cupressoides L. a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and T. pénsilis
Lamb., a native of China, exemplify this section, and are described at length
in our first edition, but they are too tender for the open garden.
1 5. T. p e 'n d u la Lamb. The pendulous, or weeping. Arbor Vitæ.
Identification. Lamb. P in ., ed. 2., 2. t. 67.
Synontjmes. ? T. filifórmis I.odd. ; ? Junfperus flagellifórmis Hort. (See Nos. 4. and 5. in p. 1076.)
Engravings. Lamb. P in ., ed. 2., 2. t. 67. ; our fig . 19D4. to o u r usual scale ; and fig . 1993. of the
n atural size.
Spec. Char., S/c. Leaves opposite and decussating, spreading, lanceolate, mucronulate,
keeled, somewhat distant. Cones globose. Scales convex,
smooth. Branches filiform, pendulous. (Lamb.) Branches very ’long,
hanging down in the most graceful manner ; light green. Cones globose,
about the size of a wild cherry, 6-valved ; valves roundish, very thick,
fungous, externally convex, smooth. A low evergreen tree. Chinese
Tartary. Height?. Introduced in 1800, or probably before.
Only two large plants are known to be
in Britain, one in the Chelsea Botanic
Garden, and the other in the arboretum at
Kew ; from both of which cuttings have
1993. T . p én d u la.
been struck in 1837 and 1838.
1994. r . p én d u la.
A very remarkable and very desirable
species ; quite hardy, and not very difficult to propagate.
T. filifórmis Lodd. (probably T. péndula Lamb.), of which there are young
plants in the collection at Hackney, is noticed in our first edition ; and 2\
dolabràta L ., a large lofty tree, a native o f Japan, is described at length, but
n ot yet introduced.