224 CONIFEROUS TREES 



Abies balsamea Hudsonica. 



Cedrus Libani pendula Sar- 

 genti. 



Cryptomeria j aponica nana. 



Cupressus Lawsoniana densa. 



Juniperus communis cana- 

 densis. 



Juniperus communis com- 

 pressa. 



Juniperus Sabina. 



Juniperus Sabina tamarisci- 



folia. 

 Juniperus Sabina prostrata. 

 procumbens. 

 „ squamata. 



Picea excelsa Clanbrasiliana. 



„ „ Remonti. 



Pinus montana. 

 Taxus baccata cuspidata. 

 ,, „ ericoides. 



Dovastoni. 



PIGMY CONIFERS 



Several varieties of coniferous trees are of re- 

 markably dwarf and prostrate habit, and therefore 

 well suited for cultivating in beds or on rock- work. 

 The smallest would include Juniperus communis 

 compressa, a neat and miniature plant that rarely 

 exceeds 6 inches in height ; /. communis nana, 

 which on the Scotch and Welsh hills spreads 

 to a considerable distance, though hardly 6 

 inches high ; and /. Sabina tamariscifolia, with 

 bright bluish green foliage and of very dwarf 

 and procumbent habit, as is also the variety 

 prostrata. 



Pinus Strobus nana, P. Cembra pumila, P. 

 Laricio pygmcea, P. sylvestris pygmcBa, and the 

 Japanese table Pine, P. Tanyosho, are all very 

 compact dwarf forms of their several species, none 

 of which rise to a greater height than about 4 feet. 



Amongst the spruces there are several very 

 interesting and neat pigmy forms, the best of 

 which would include Picea excelsa pygmcea, P. 

 excelsa Clanbrasiliana, P. excelsa pumila, P. ex- 

 celsa Gregoryana, and P. nigra Doumetti. These 

 are generally of dwarf -spreading growth, from 



