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GARDENING. 



Oct. /. 



fl flXBRID CONIFER. 



A western nurseryman sends us a 

 branch of a little conifer which he has 

 been growing and increasing for some 

 years. He got it from a Texas nursery, 

 where it originated, and is said "to bethe 

 result of a cross between Biota On'en- 

 talis aiirea and Retinospora sqiiarrosa 

 Veitchii." He also writes: "I very much 

 doubt if such a cross could take place. If 

 it could, this sort seems to contain c|uali- 

 ties of both species, having the form of 

 Biota O. aurea, but roots much easier. 

 In winter it has the bluish tint of A'. 

 Veitchii only not so pronounced, and I 

 think it is more hardy than either of the 

 above sorts. Instead of the steel blue of 

 the latter it has a brownish blue. With 

 the warm weather of spring it gets to be 

 a glaucous green. It is, however, a very- 

 fine thing." 



From the little branch sent, without 

 any fruit cones, we cannot make any- 

 thing more or less out of it than plain 

 Retinospora squarrosa. Color or habit 

 hardly counts, as both vary from seed, 

 and as regards being easy to strike from 

 cuttings, squarrosa is so generally. Hy- 

 brid conifers are, like diamonds by the 

 wayside, hard to find. But seedling and 

 bud sport variations are plentiful and 

 often very distinct. Should the evergreen 

 in question prove distinct from the type 

 in color or habit no harm is done in giv- 

 ing it a distinct varietal name. 



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