ABIES 23 



A. Nordmanniana, var. brevifolia, Carr. (" Conif.," ii. 



278, 1867). 

 A compact conical form, with thick stunted branches, 

 and with leaves shorter, broader, and more crowded on 

 the branchlet than the type. 



A. Nordmanniana, var. pendula, Beiss. 



Pendulous and semi-prostrate forms are found fairly 

 frequently m cultivation, differing only in habit from 

 the type. 



A. pectinata, De C. 



The Common Silver Fir. Came originally from Central 

 and South Europe, where it grows up to 200 feet in height. 

 Considering that it has been in cultivation over 300 years, 

 it has produced very few dwarf forms. 



A. pectinata, var. tortusa. Booth, Beissner (ii. 433). 

 Syn. : A. pectinata nana, Hort. 



A. pectinata prostrata, Hort. 



A. pectinata pumila, Hort. 



Picea pectinata tortusa, Gordon (" Pinetum," 



153). 

 P. pectinata nana, Knight ("Syn. Conif.," 39). 



A dwarf form of irregular sparse growth, with crowded 

 and twisted branchlet s and irregularly shaped leaves. 



A. pectinata, var. brevifolia, Carr. (" Conif.," ii. 282). 



A distinct low-growing dwarf with leaves broader and 

 shorter than the type; raised by Chretien of Versailles. 



A. pectinata, var. microphylla, Carr. (" Conif.," ii. 283). 



A dwarf shrub. Branches short, numerous, thin, semi- 

 erect. Branchlets enlarged at the base and compressed 

 into a sort of muff. Leaves thin, very narrow, 8 to 15 cm. 

 long, round obtuse apex. Buds small, red, resinous. 



A. pectinata, var. compacta, Beiss. 



A distinct seedling form raised in the S. B. Parsons 

 Nursery, Flushing, N.Y., U.S.A., making a dwarf roundish 



