136 DWABF AND SLOW-GEOWING CONIFERS 



This variety, always bushy and stunted, was found by 

 M. Bujot. nurseryman, near Chateau-Thierry. I cannot 

 trace it in cultivation. 



P. leucodermis, Antoine. 



Syn. : P. laricio, var. leucodermis, Christ. 



Buds. — Ovoid; J to 1 inch; dark brown. 



Branchlets. — Light brown to grey; glabrous. 



Leaves. — In twos; very rigid and sharp-pointed; 2 to 

 3 inches; dark green; margin serrulate. Leaf -sheath 

 J inch; persistent. 



This pine, a native of Western Serbia, grows up to 

 90 feet in its native habitat, but appears to be so slow- 

 growing iQ Great Britain that I have included it. 



P. halepensis, Mill., var. rotundata, Carr. (" Conif .," ii. 509). 

 Syn. : P. d'Alep Boule, Hort. (Carr.). 

 Branches very short and excessively crowded. Slender 

 leaves, short. According to Carriere this makes a tiny, 

 round, and very compact bush, possibly originating in a 

 " witches'-broom." 



P. montana, Miller, var. pumilio, Willkomm. 



Buds. — Resinous; J to J inch and cylindrical; ovoid. 



Branchlet. — Pale brown, glabrous; pulvini keeled. 



Leaves. — In twos, IJ to 2 J inches, rigid, sometimes 

 twisted ; dull green ; margins serrulate ; resin canal marginal. 

 Leaf-sheath about J inch. 



This form of P. montana sends up several leaders, and 

 forms a low-spreadiag mass var}Tiig in height — eventually 

 from 4 to 10 feet high — and much more in width. Special 

 forms are often picked out from the seed bed, and one 

 should try to get a slow-growing form. This pine is often 

 supphed as P. jmmilio or P. Mughus (var. Mughus, Will- 

 komm. in reality differs but shghtly), and must not be 

 confused with P. pumila, Kegel (q-v.), 



P. montana is hardy and easy to transplant, but grows 

 fairly rapidly, and is too spreading to be allowed near any 

 small conifers. 



