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are not appressed, but mostly free. The narrow branchlet 

 sprays are not unlike those of a Savin juniper and still 

 more like those of G. Lawsoniana, var. juniperoides. 



These are three extremely interesting forms, but I am not 

 satisfied as to the age of the specimens in my possession. 

 Messrs. Rogers have given me all the information at 

 their disposal, but it is not very clear. Apparently there 

 are over a dozen plants of each form in the nursery of the 

 same age. I have not seen them, but as they are said to be 

 identical, it is highly improbable that they were identical 

 seedlings. It is probable that there were originally three 

 " mother plants," one of each form, from which the 

 existing plants were propagated ; and from their roots and 

 general appearance I should judge my specimens to be at 

 most five years propagated, but until they have become 

 established and their rate of growth noted it is not possible 

 to estimate their ultimate size. 



C. obtusa, var. lycopodioides, Carr. (" Conif.," ii. 132, 



1867). 

 Syn. : Betinispora lycopodioides, Gord. 

 E. monstrosa, Hort. 



Leaves variously shaped and densely arranged all round 

 the shoots. Upper ones terete or bluntly awl-shaped. 

 Keeled over back and arranged spirally. Those near 

 base of principal shoots more or less scale-like, appressed 

 in opposite pairs. Keeled on back; oval, imbricated; 

 glossy dark blue -green. Branches spreading and rather 

 slender. Branchlets scattered and irregular and very 

 densely crowded, especially towards the ends of the 

 branches, and there frequently flattened into a cockscomb- 

 like head. 



The whole forms a crowded, somewhat irregular 

 pyramidal dwarf, with striking dark blue foliage. This 

 particular form was introduced from Japan in 1861 by 

 J. G. Veitch, and is common in cultivation, but since then 

 several variations of it have been introduced. 



