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already referred to, this plant has grown into a small 

 dense pyramid only some 2 feet high. It is apparently 

 perfectly healthy, but makes almost inappreciable growth 

 yearly. I hesitate, however, to class it as a true dwarf 

 form as yet. 



Tsuga Canadensis, Carr. — Of this tsuga Beissner records 

 several dwarf forms, but only three distinct forms seem 

 to be in cultivation : 



Ts. Canadensis, var. nana, Carr. (" Conif.," i. 190). 

 Syn. : var. minima, Hort. 



Buds. — IVIinute. 



Branches. — Mostly horizontal and widespreading. 



Branchlets. — Thin, stiff, and sparse. 



Leaves. — ^About half the size of the type; yellow-green 

 above and pale whitey-green beneath. 



A shrub of irregular, open growth; unattractive on 

 account of the colour of its foUage. 



Ts. Canadensis, var. parvifolia, P. Smith (Beiss., ii. 403). 

 8jn. : var. microphylla, Hort. 



Buds. — Minute and dark. 



Branches. — Ascending and arching. 



Branchlets. — Fine, not stiff ; tips slightly pendulous. 



Leaves. — ^About one- third size of the type; dark green 

 above, very blue -green beneath. 



A much more effective plant than the former, making a 

 dense bush of arching branches, the colour of the foHage 

 being very attractive. 



Ts. Canadensis, var. Sargenti pendula. Bean (" Trees and 

 Shrubs," u. 606). 



Syn. : var. pendula, Beiss. 

 Bean separates these two varieties, but Professor 

 Sargent informs me that the nurserymen's stock has all 

 been produced from grafts from the four original plants 

 foimd near the summit of Fishkill Mountain (near Beacon 

 City, on the Hudson River) by General Joseph Howland 



