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var. Suecica (Alton), and further state that var. compressa 

 has been identified by Koch (" DendroL," 11, 11, 115) 

 with J. hispanica, Booth, and as this dwarf form is un- 

 doubtedly less hardy than its arborescent type, this 

 identification is in all probability correct. In my garden 

 var. compressa occasionally gets " browned " on the top 

 by severe frost, and plants of it in exposed situations also 

 get browned on their sides exposed to icy winds in spring. 

 My largest specimen is under 20 inches in height, and the 

 two biggest I know are at Mount Usher in Wicklow and in 

 the garden of Mr. Robert Elliott at Hawick, Scotland, 

 the former about 33J inches and the latter just 32 inches 

 in height. 



J. communis, var. echinaeformis, Beiss. (i. 137, 1891). 



Syn.: J. oxycedrus echinceformis, Knight (" Syn. 

 Conif.," ii. 1850); Elwes and Henry ("Trees of 

 Great Britain," vol. vi.). 



A tiny dark green globose bush with crowded, compact, 

 stout and short branches densely covered with tiny leaves. 

 An extremely slow-growing form, rarely exceeding 1 to 

 2 feet in height, with foliage and branchlets very 

 similar to those of var. compressa. According to Gordon 

 (" Pinetum," 135) its fruit is globular and bright shiny red. 

 It has been known in gardens for many years, having 

 been first sent out by Rinz of Frankfort. It has been con- 

 fused with J. hemispherica, Presl. {q.v.), and it is debatable 

 whether it is in reality a variety of J. communis or of the 

 South European /. oxycedrus. 



It is far more tender than var. compressa, and for that 

 reason alone would seem to be a seedling rather of the 

 Southern /. oxycedrus than of the very hardy J. communis. 

 It is now very rare, and there is a small plant of this form 

 at Kew, grown there, I believe, under the name of var. 

 hemispherica. 



