PICEA 81 



P. alba, var. compressa, Beiss. (ii. 342). 



A seedling ornamental dwarf form of very dense slow 

 growth and bluish foliage, which was raised in the nursery 

 of Lobkowitzshen in Eisenberg, Bohemia. 



P. alba, var. compacta gracilis, Breinig (Beiss., ii. 343). 

 Syn. : var. Compacta pyramidalis, P. Smith (Beiss., ii. 

 343). 



A compact densely branched conical dwarf form with 

 beautiful blue-grey foliage and very brown buds — one 

 introduced by Herr Breinig of Miilheim, and a similar 

 one, under the second name, by Peter Smith of Bergedorf . 



A seedling form in Mr. Hunnewell's arboretum at 

 Wellesley, Mass., seems very near to this, and may thus 

 be described : 



Buds ovoid or conical, light brown, I to J inch; bud 

 scales usually pointed with bifid tips. 



Branches and branchlets stiff and ascending, very 

 crowded, white or grey-yellow, stiffer and stronger in 

 growth than those of var. nana. Annual growth 1 to 

 4 inches. Leaves very crowded, radial or semi-radial, 

 pointing forward and slightly out; about J inch — thinner 

 and longer than those of var. nana, tapering to a longer 

 and narrower point, very glaucous, about four on each 

 side. Judging from photographs, this has made a dense 

 pyramidal bush about 4 feet by 4 feet. 



P. alba, var. pendula, Carr. (" Conif .," 321, 1867; Beiss., 

 ii. 272). 



A striking decorative luxuriant form with stout pendu- 

 lous branches; crowded red branchlets; blue- white leaves 

 and widespreading growth. I cannot trace this form 

 in cultivation. The description is Beissner's. 



P. alba, var. echinaeformis, Carr. ('' Conif .," 289, 1853). 



Buds narrowly conical, i to yV inch, with glabrous non- 

 ciliate scales, rounded and bifid at tips, pale whitey-brown. 



Branches crowded and ascending at an angle of about 



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