PICEA 87 



Group IV. 



Buds conical, large, dark red. Branches very stiff 

 and stout, reddish. Branchlets stiff, reddish, in 

 fan-shaped groups, bending up and forming a cup. 



Leaves dark green, stiff, and sharp-pointed. 



Habit more or less pyramidal and free-growing. 



Var. mucronata. 



Var. pyramidalis compada. 



Var. " Gregoriana " of the trade. Flatter 

 top. (This form is rarely absent from a 

 Continental consignment, and may be re- 

 ceived under any name.) 



Var. microsperma. 



Var. decumhens. 

 Group F. 



Habit diffuse and spreading, much wider than high; 

 foliage various shades of blue-green. Leaves 

 pectinate. 



Var. pumila. 

 Var. diffusa (of Kew). 

 Var. Sargenti. 

 Var. pseudo-Maxwelli. 

 Var. nidiformis. 

 Var. Merkii. 

 Group VI. 



Pendulous or procumbent. 



Var. pendula. 



Var. tahulceformis . 



Var. inverta. 



Var. procumbens. 



Var. dumosa (Carr., not Kew). 



Var. repens. 



Var. prostrata. 



Var. reflexa. 



In order to faciUtate the acquisition of forms of P. excel sa 

 I append a few names under which some of its forms may 

 be found in nursery catalogues, but it is always advisable 

 to see a plant, or a branch of it, before purchasing it, 



