36 DWABF AND SLOW-GBOWING CONIFERS 



from this central branchlet spring the side fern-like 

 branchlet sprays. In var. lycopodioides, however, these 

 fern-like side branchlets are entirely absent, the whole 

 foliage consisting of collections of stems with appressed 

 leaves on them similar to the central stem, and these 

 stem -like branchlets are twisted and curled and tangled 

 in ever}^ direction. Their colour is a glaucous blue-green, 

 and the under side of the leaf tips (which in this form are 

 always free) is very white. The leaves all point forward 

 along the stems, and are about J inch long. The annual 

 gro^vi;h of the branchlets is about IJ by 3 inches. 



This form, I believe, originated in the Tottenham 

 Nurseries, Dedemsvaart, in Holland; it makes a conical 

 irregular shrub. I have one about 2 feet 6 inches high by 

 20 inches through. 



C. Lawsoniana, var. gracilis nana, Beiss. (ii. 549). 



A roundish dwarf form, with fine, light, pendulous 

 pale green foliage, which I have not seen. 



C. Lawsoniana, var. compacta nova, Beiss. (ii. 551). 



A compact, conical form, in habit like Thuya occi- 

 dentalis Wareana, with crowded, fan-shaped fresh green 

 foliage. 

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



A curious dark green globular form; branches very 

 irregular, some contorted; branchlets cord-like. 



C. Lawsoniana, var. Shawii, Beiss. (i. 78). 



A regular light green, loose-branched globular form. 

 The branchlet sj)rays are wide and set slightly edgeways. 

 There is a fine example of this form at Glasnevin; it has 

 made, on a bare stem of some 2\ feet in height, a large 

 globular bush with a high pointed centre, resembling a 

 cupola ; about 4 feet 6 inches high by 4 feet through. 



C. Lawsoniana, var. nana glauea, Beiss. (ii. 552). 

 Syn. : var. Nana compacta, Hort aliq. 

 A very handsome blue-green globular form. 



