144 DWABF AND SLOW-GBOWING CONIFERS 



Arboretum. A plant of it was sent to Kew in 1 893, where 

 it is perfectly prostrate and hangs vertically over the face 

 of a stone (Bean, ii. 191). Later Beissner found a similar 

 form in a garden at Langensalza, East Friesland, Germany. 



P. Strobus, var. pendula, Beiss. (ii. 350, ex " Mitt. d. d. d. 

 Ges.," 1893, 29). 



A (t-^edhng form in the Schlossgarten at Benrath, near 

 Diisseldorf, making a roundish bush 2 metres high, with 

 pendulous branches. 



P. sylvestris, L. 



The Scots pine is found nearly all over Europe and 

 beyond the Urals into Asia, and it has produced numerous 

 garden forms. In addition to those described, one might 

 include var. fastigiata, a slow-growing narrow upright 

 form; and var. argentea, with very glaucous foUage. In 

 time these become good-sized trees. 



P. sylvestris, var. pumila, Beiss. 

 Syn. : var. glauca nana, Hort. 



Buds. — Pointed; oval; tips free; about J inch; red and 

 resinous. 



Branchlets. — Annual growth about 2 inches; shiny 

 green; smooth. 



Leaves. — In twos; blue-green; Hnear, stiff, twisted; 

 margin serrulate; from 1 to 1 J inches long. Leaf -sheath 

 persistent; wnite to brown; J inch. 



Makes an open round bush of ascending branches. 

 A form sent out by some nurseries as var. Watereriana 

 seems very close to, if not identical with, this, but I have 

 only seen small plants of it. 



P. sylvestris Beauvronensis, Hort. 



Buds. — Pointed; oval; under J inch; some tips free; 

 very resinous; brown- red. 



Branchlets. — Annual growth about IJ inches; green; 

 shiny; smooth. 



