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the minute branchlet sprays appearing at the upper ends 

 at a narrow angle to branches and pointing in every 

 direction, making a dense round cushion. Branchlets 

 inclined to recurve, branches and branchlets tetragonal, 

 bearing minute scale-like intermediate leaves, not ap- 

 pressed like those of var. tetragona, but loose and free; 

 their apices not blunt, but pointed and at times 

 incurved. 



One of three distinct and most interesting seedling 

 forms raised in the nurseries of Messrs. W. H. Rogers, of 

 Bassett, Southampton. Said to be seedlings of var. nana, 

 but more probably of var. "iiana densa. 



C. obtusa, var. caespitosa. 



This is another of Rogers' seedlings ; it approaches var. 

 nana densa, and, in fact, may be described as a smaller 

 and denser form of that variety. It makes a tiny, 

 extremely dense tuft, or series of tufts, so tightly packed 

 together as to present the appearance of a solid ball of 

 green. The small branches are inclined to " cup " like 

 those of var. nana densa, and the tightly appressed 

 scale-like leaves are similar in shape and arrangement to 

 those of that variety, but are barely half their size. The 

 branches and branchlets are proportionately small. My 

 " specimen," which is stated to be sixteen years old, is 

 only about 3 inches high by 4 inches through. 



C. obtusa, var. juniperoides. 



This is the third of Rogers' seedlings, a minute form of 

 far more open habit, branchlets set farther apart, fan- 

 shaped and decurving. If the specimen sent to me as 

 sixteen years of age and about 4 inches by 4 inches is 

 anything like that age, it will be a much smaller plant 

 than var. pygmcea, Carr., but approaching near to it in 

 habit ; its branchlets and leaves, however, are considerably 

 smaller and not so flat, and its scale-like leaves are 

 narrower, more pointed, and their tips, which are incurved. 



