24 DWABF AND 8L0W-GB0WINQ CONIFERS 



bush, broader than high; compact. Branches crowded, 

 and very shiny green leaves. 



In cultivation this form, according to Sargent, is apt 

 to revert after a time and to become an arborescent tree. 



A. pectinata, var. pendula, Beiss. 



Syn. : P^cea pectinata pendula, Gord. (" Pinetum,'* 

 153, 1858). 



There are three forms in cultivation which apparently 

 have not been separated : (a) Upright stem with pendulous 

 branches. Beissner (ii. 120) records one of these at Frei- 

 burg, East Friesland, 30 feet high. (6) A low stem with 

 horizontally spreading branches, (c) Practically prostrate 

 with long branches that hug the surface of the ground or 

 hang down a rock fall. I have a plant of the last quite 

 prostrate, but strong in growth. Except in habit these 

 forms do not differ from the type. 



A. pinsapo, Boiss. 



Comes from Spain, where it is found up to 100 feet in 

 height, and introduced about 1840; its short blunt leaves, 

 arranged radially, are very distinct. 



A. pinsapo, var. Hammondi, Kent in Veitch (" Man. of 

 Conif.," 105, 1881). 



A distinct abnormal form with a low stem; branches 

 long and stretching over the ground; branchlets and 

 leaves shorter than those of the type. 



A. pinsapo, var. pyramidata, Beiss. (ii. 139). 



Is described as a low-growing form with ascending 

 branches forming a compact cone. 



A. Sibirica, Led. 



Comes from Siberia. Introduced in 1820. It has not 

 proved a success in cultivation in more Southern countries, 

 owing to its liability to injury from spring frosts; none of 

 its dwarf forms have found their way into general cultiva- 

 tion so far, so nothing can be said as to their value as 

 garden plants. 



