LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Dwarf Conifers in the Rock Garden at Leonardslee, 



Horsham, Sussex ..... Frontispiece 



FACING PAGB 



A "Witches' -Broom" on normal Picea excelsa, at old 



Maxwell Nursery, Geneva, N.Y. ... 6 



Cham^cyparis Lawsoniana, var. Fletcheri . . 32 



Cham^cyparis obtusa, var. Sanderi, at Welleslet 



PiNETUM, Mass. ....... 42 



Cham^cyparis OBTUSA, var. tetragona aurea, at Castle- 



WELLAN, Co. Down ...... 43 



Pygmy Junipers (J. communis, var. compressa), at 



Knapton, Queen's Co. ...... 70 



Picea Albertiana, forma conica, at the Bayard 



PiNETUM, South Lancaster, Mass. ... 82 



Picea excelsa, var. Clanbrasiliana, at Abbeyleix 



House, Queen's Co. ...... 90 



Picea excelsa, var. Gregoriana (Veitch's form), at 



Highlands Park, Eochester, N.Y. ... 98 



Picea excelsa, var. Gregoriana (Parsons' form), at 



Highlands Park, Eochester, N.Y. ... 99 



Picea excelsa, var. pygmjea, over 100 Years Old, on 



Eock-Cliff, Leonardslee, Sussex . . . 102 



Picea excelsa, var. Maxwelli, at the old Maxwell 



Nurseries, Geneva, N.Y. . . . . .103 



Picea excelsa, var. microsperma, at the Arnold 



Arboretum . . . . . . . .116 



Picea excelsa, var. nana, at Knapton . . .117 



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