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longer and more slender drooping branchlets. It is highly 

 ornamental. 



J. virgfinia.na, glSiUCa. differs from the species in being 

 of finer growth, and in having the foliage decidedly glaucous, 

 almost of silvery whiteness during spring. 



J. virg^iniana pendula, of which there are several 

 kinds, that of deep green colour being by far the most 

 desirable, is extremely graceful, the branchlets being decidedly 

 pendulous and the tree in consequence highly ornamental. 



J. virgfiniana Schotti differs in being quite erect 

 and compact of growth, with the foliage a bright green instead 

 of the black-green of the species. 



J. virg^iniana tripartita. — This resembles the com- 

 mon Savin inhabit, being dwarf and spreading in growth. It 

 is of very dense growth, with short, sharp-pointed leaves of a 

 glaucous green colour. 



KETELEERIA (Carriere). 



Ma/e flowers in tufts or spikes. 

 Cones erect, lateral. 

 Scales partially persistent. 

 Bracts shorter than scales. 

 Seeds angular, winged. 

 Leaves flat, more or less two-ranked. 

 Branches horizontally arranged ; branchlets drooping. 

 An evergreen tree, with spruce-like cones and long- 

 persistent scales. 



Keteleeria Fortune!, Carriere. {Synonyms: — Abies 

 Fortunei, Lindley ; A. jezoensis, Lindley ; Picea Fortunei, 

 Murray; Pinus Fortunei, Parlatore.) Eastern China. — This is 

 a distinct and interesting species, but one about which much 

 difference of opinion exists, owing to the presence of certain 

 characteristics which we associate with the spruce and the silver 

 firs. Unfortunately the tree has not been found well suited for 



