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oaks, and in the Crawley Nursery at Wobum, the 

 latter having been planted by the writer twenty- 

 four years ago. The Ide Hill specimen is 30 feet 

 high, with many of the branches hanging down 

 close to the stem for 7 feet in length. 



P. EXCELS A Maxwelli. — A Very neat, dwarf- 

 growing form of the Common Spruce has been 

 sent out under the above name. Unlike several 

 of our WTll-known pigmy varieties, the shrub in 

 question remains at all times as hemispherical as 

 if it had been trimmed by the shears, and never 

 juts into irregular growths, as do many of the 

 dwarf forms that are at present widely cultivated. 

 It only grows 2 feet high, but is full and rounded, 

 and fully i yard in spread. It is said to have 

 originated in a New York nursery, and is rare in 

 cultivation in this country. 



P. EXCELSA PYGM^A is the dwarfest form of 

 the Common Spruce, rarely rising to more than 

 I foot in height, but spreading laterally in a dis- 

 proportionate manner. 



P. EXCELSA STRiCTA is of neat and quite com- 

 pact growth, with glaucous green leaves. It is of 

 unusual erect habit, but strikingly distinct and 

 ornamental. 



P. Glehni, Masters. (Synonym : Abies 

 Glehni, Schmidt.) Island of Sachalin. — Little is 

 yet known regarding this species, which was found 

 by Glehn, who accompanied F. Schmidt in his 

 travels in Sachalin and Amoorland. From the 

 specimen that I have seen, the plant may be 

 described as of rather dense growth, with four- 

 sided, curved, and sharply pointed leaves, each 

 half an inch long, these being thickly arranged on 



