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C. Lawsoniana, var. Weisseana, Beiss. (ex Moll., " Deutsch. 

 Gartnz./' 1890, ii. 554). 



A very decorative form which Herr Hansen found in 

 Pinneberg ; an old plant 1 metre high by 2 J metres through ; 

 was shown in Berlin in 1890. It makes a flat umbrella- 

 like bush with pendulous branch tops. 



C. Lawsoniana, var. Raievskyana, Lieb. (Moll., " Deutsch. 

 Gartnz.," 1901; Beiss., ii. 554). 



Raised by Lieb. in Partenit, South Russia, from var. 

 fragrans (Kew), a form with widespreading branches; 

 elegant pendulous branchlets and light green silvery 

 foliage. The fourteen- year-old mother plant was 1 metre 

 high by 2 metres through in 1909. 



C. Lawsoniana, var. Forsteckiana, Beiss. (i. 79). 



There is some difficulty in identifying this plant, as, 

 although it appears occasionally in Continental nursery 

 catalogues, I have never received a plant under this name 

 that absolutely coincides with Beissner's descriptions. 

 He says that it is a dwarf monstrosity coiled into a short 

 compact ball like a hedgehog, similar to Juniperus echince- 

 formis; its origin can hardly be recognised; and that it is 

 propagated either in the form of little " balls " lying 

 close on the ground, or as small trees surmounted by 

 " balls." As received from good Continental nurseries, 

 it is a plant not unlike var. minima glauca at first sight, 

 but denser and dwarfer, its sprays being never larger than 

 4 inches by 1 inch, and its branchlets, instead of being 

 single and erectly fan-shaped, are usually densely whorled 

 and twisted with cockscomb-like heads. In a note to 

 C. ohtusa, var. pygmcea (ii. 563), Beissner mentions that 

 Carriere noticed that this form of C. obtusa lost much of its 

 character when grafted on C. Lawsoniana instead of 

 being propagated from cuttings, and it is quite possible 

 that grafting var. Forsteckiana has also changed its 

 character, as " var. Forsteckiana " — of the trade — cannot 

 be identified with any other recorded form. I am 



