66 CONIFEROUS TREES 



fully one-fourth of an inch in diameter. It is of 

 denser and dwarf er habit than the parent. 



C. OBTUSA FiLiFERA is rendered distinct from 

 every other variety by reason of the long, pendul- 

 ous, thread-like branchlets, often terminated by 

 tufts of finely divided shoots. The leaves are 

 subulate, distinct, and of a pleasing shade of 

 green ; while the cones or strobiles are about 

 the size and shape of a small pea. It is one of the 

 most distinct and desirable of ornamental conifers. 



C. OBTUSA FILIFERA LUTEA is adistiuct and highly 

 ornamental variety in which the pendulous terminal 

 growths are of a light, clear yellow. It is one of 

 the most pleasing and desirable of hardy conifers. 



C. OBTUSA LYCOPODioiDES is a wcll-known dwarf 

 variety, with curiously flattened branch tips, and 

 of rather loose and ungainly growth. It frequently 

 fails to grow in a satisfactory manner. The foliage 

 is deep green in colour. Introduced in 1861. 



C. OBTUSA NANA is another dwarf-growing form, 

 but in point of beauty is hardly comparable with 

 the previous variety. 



C. OBTUSA PYGM^A is a useful miniature 

 conifer for planting amongst dwarf-growing plants 

 on the rock-work or in the shrubbery. Rarely 

 is it found more than 15 inches in height, but the 

 spread is wide proportionately, and flattish, while 

 the foliage does not lose one bit of its rich green 

 hue the whole season through. Of all the minia- 

 ture conifers, this Selaginella-like variety is one 

 of the prettiest and most interesting. 



C. OBTUSA TETRAGONA AUREA is shrubby in 

 habit, with tufted branchlets, the ultimate ones 

 tetragonal. The young shoots are golden in 



