30 DWAEF AND 8L0W-GE0WING CONIFERS 



measures about 6 inches long by 2 inches wide. The 

 leaves are very small with blunt or rounded tips which are 

 closely appressed to the branchlet. 



C. Lawsoniana, var. nana argentea, Beiss. (ii. 78). 

 Syn. : var. minima argentea, Hort. 



Beissner describes this form as a shimmering white 

 globose dwarf. I recently received under the name of 

 var. minima argentea a plant which seems to correspond 

 to this description. It is a small, broadly ovoid bush, 

 about 9 inches high. Branches and branchlets crowded, 

 ascending at a very narrow angle and overlapping. Their 

 spray is even smaller than that of var. minima, being 

 about 4J inches long by 1 inch across. The leaves are 

 finer than those of var. minima, more pointed, and their 

 tips are free. 



Although the branchlets are ascending and pressed 

 tightly against one another, their tips are all pendulous 

 or recurving. The colour of the older foliage is grey- 

 green, and of the new foliage white-green. This unusual 

 colour, together with the pendulous waving branchlet 

 type, gives one the impression of " shimmering white " to 

 which Beissner refers. This is a most attractive form. 



C. Lawsoniana, var. nidiformis, Beiss. (ii. 552). 

 Syn. : var. plumosa nidifera, Hort. 



C. Nutkcensis, var. nidiformis, Hort (in error). 

 A pretty, loose, bluish -green form. Branches hori- 

 zontal, radiating from the centre (where the foliage is 

 very dense). Branchlets arching, with pendulous tips. 

 The foliage grows all round the branchlet tips, giving 

 them a distinct appearance like the round tip of an ostrich 

 feather. An average branchlet is 4 inches long by f inch 

 wide, the rounded tip being about 2 inches across. As 

 a rule, in addition to the small secondary branchlets 

 (about J inch long) which grow from the sides of the 

 branchlets and point forward, there are also, about half- 

 way down the branchlet, two larger secondary branchlets 



