. The book of evergreens. A practical treatise on the Coniferæ, or cone-bearing plants. Conifers. nurserymen, wliicli lias proven to be very hardy and handsome. It great- ly resembles the var. gracilis^ but is pos- sibly more compact in growth. Var. monstrosa. Carriere.—This dif- fers from the species in having fewer, but larger and shorter branchlets, curious- ly contorted, and thick leaves, mostly obtuse, ovate. A new and unintro- duced plant. Var. elegantissi- ma^ Ilollinso7i.—A new j^lant in the way of var. variegata avrea, but having only the ends of the young branchlets marked with a lov
. The book of evergreens. A practical treatise on the Coniferæ, or cone-bearing plants. Conifers. nurserymen, wliicli lias proven to be very hardy and handsome. It great- ly resembles the var. gracilis^ but is pos- sibly more compact in growth. Var. monstrosa. Carriere.—This dif- fers from the species in having fewer, but larger and shorter branchlets, curious- ly contorted, and thick leaves, mostly obtuse, ovate. A new and unintro- duced plant. Var. elegantissi- ma^ Ilollinso7i.—A new j^lant in the way of var. variegata avrea, but having only the ends of the young branchlets marked with a lovely golden yellow during the summer and autumn months. The form is also much more upright. Var. macrocarpa, Hort. —This fine new Arbor Vitae w^as introduced by Ellwanger and Barry, of the Mt. Hope Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y., as " Thuja macrocarpa^ from California;" but since it has fruited in our own collection. Fig. 51.—biota orientalis, var. MACROCARPA. we have assigned it a true position in regard to its generic name. We believe, how- 15 Fig. 50.—BIOTA ORIENTALIS, VAR. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hoopes, Josiah, 1832-1904. New York : Orange Judd & company
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