ABIES— CEDBU8 25 



A. Sibirica pumila, or nana, Schroder, Beiss. (ii. 18).. 

 A small dense bush without a leading shoot. 



A. Sibiriea, var. monstrosa, Schroder, Beiss. (ii. 18). 



A monstrosity with short tufted twisted branchlets 

 which I have not seen. 



A. Sibirica, var. pendula, Schroder, Beiss. (ii. 18). 



A pendulous or semi-prostrate form, differing only in 

 habit from the type. 



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C. Libani, Barr., has been in cultivation in Western 

 Europe for about 400 years. C. Atlantiea, Manetti, and 

 C. Deodara, Lawson, each just under 100 years, and in this 

 length of time there have been only four reputed dwarf 

 forms recorded between them, and of these, all, except the 

 pendulous form of C. Deodara, were produced by C. Libani. 



C. Libani, var. nana pyramidata, Carr. (" Conif.," i. 234). 



Described by Carriere as a compact, conical dwarf form 

 with ascending, slender, crowded branches. He states 

 that it is smaller and more compact than var. nana, and 

 its branchlets are more erect and more slender. 



C. Libani, var. nana, Loudon (" Ency. of Trees," 1058). 

 Syn. : C. Comte de Dijon, Carr. (ii. 371). 



var. Comte de Dijon, Barbier (Catalog,, 1908). 

 Plants under the name of var. Comte de Dijon have, 

 of recent years, been sent out by English nurserymen, but 

 almost invariably are found to be C. Libani brevifolia 

 (q.v.). The true plant was sent out for a few years by 

 Barbier and Son of Orleans, and the only plants from this 

 source that I can trace are at Glasnevin Botanic Gardens, 

 and in the Rock Garden of Mr. F. D. Cairnes, of Killester, 

 Co. Dublin. Mr. Reginald Farrer refers to this form in 

 one of his books, but I have been unable to ascertain the 

 history of the tree in his garden at Ingleborough, Yorks. 

 The Glasnevin tree is now about 3 feet high, and nearly as 



