510 A HANDBOOK OF CONIFERS 



recurved branches with thickly overlapping, scale -like leaves 

 analagous to Cwpressus obtusa, var. lycopodioides from which it is 

 distinguished by the green under- surface of the leaves and by the 

 characteristic odour when bruised. 



Var. Boothii, Hort. 

 A low compact bush with dense and rather large leaves. 



Var. Buchanan! , Hort. 



Branchlets long, slender, whip-like, the lateral divisions far 

 apart and the leaves sparse. Foliage grey-green. 



Var. columnaris, Hort. 



A narrow columnar tree of compact habit, leaves dark green. 



Var. compacta, Hort. 

 An erect tree with a narrow compact branch system, 



Var. cristata, Hort. 



Dwarf and distinct, the final branch divisions being densely 

 arranged in small clusters resembling a cock's comb. 



Var. densa, Hort. 

 A dwarf, compact rounded bush. 



Var. Dicksoni, Hort. 

 A tree of slender erect habit with bright green leaves. 



Var. dumosa. 

 A dwarf plant 2-3 ft. high of rounded and dense habit. 



Var. Ellwangeriana, Hort. 



Retinispora Ellwangeriana, Hort. 



A large shrub with trailing branches and slender curving 

 branchlets often becoming top-heavy. Some of the branchlets 

 bear normal adult leaves, others the needle-like leaves of the 

 juvenile stage. 



Var. Ellwangeriana aurea, Spaeth. 



Habit as above, leaves yellowish. Not a desirable variety for 

 decorative work. 



Var. erecta, Hesse. 



A tall tree of stiff pyramidal outline. 



Var. erecta viridis, Hort. 

 Habit as in the last, leaves bright green, doubtfully distinct. 



