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Book: Landscape Gardening in Japan, 1912
Chapter: Chapter 11. Garden Vegetation

Thuya and Podocarpus species

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Other kinds of the Thuya are common, as: Thuya obtusa (Hinoki, Kamakura-hiba, or Chabo-hiba), Thuya dolabrata (Asunaro), Thuya gigantea (Goro-hiba), Thuya occidentalis (Niwoi-hiba), Thuya orientalis (Konote-gashiwa), Thuya pendula (Hiyoku-hiba), Thuya pisifera (Sawara or Shinobu-hiba), and Thuya squarrosa (Himuro). Also varieties of the Podocarpus, such as:�Podocarpus nageia (Nagi), and Podocarpus macrophylla (Maki), and, under the Japanese generic names of Maki and Nagi, are several fancy kinds known as:�Hana-maki, or Flowering Podocarpus; Enko*-maki (Enko,�a term referring to a long-armed monkey but frequently applied to trees with long clambering branches.), or Monkey Podocarpus; Rankan-maki, or Arhat's Podocarpus; Nagaha-maki, or Long-leaved Podocarpus; Tateba-shiroba-maki, or Erect-white-leaved Podocarpus; Kifu-Namban-maki, or Yellow-spotted Chinese Podocarpus; Kuyo-maki, or Nine-leaved Podocarpus; Sunago-maki, or Tiny-leaved Podocarpus; Fukurin-maki, or White-edged-leaved Podocarpus; Shirofu-maruba-nagi, or White-spotted-leaved Podocarpus; Asagi-jima-nagi, or Blue-striped-leaved Podocarpus; Shirofu-hosoba-nagi, or White-narrow-leaved Podocarpus; Konjima-nagi, or Dark-blue-streaked Podocarpus; Sajiba-nagi, or Spoon-leaved Podocarpus; Aocha-nagi, or Olive-green Podocarpus; Kin-gin-nagi, or Gold-and-silver Podocarpus; Maruba-nagi, or Round-leaved Podocarpus; Ogon-nagi, or Golden Podocarpus; Aode-nagi, or Blue-leaved Podocarpus; and Hosoba-nagi, or Narrow-leaved Podocarpus. Classified with these under the name of Koya-maki is the Sciadopytis verticillata.