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with all the younger leaves on the upper side of the shoots 

 at first of a pale yellow or straw color, as well as the 

 young wood, but afterwards, as they get older, they change 

 to a bronzy-brown, and finally, when fully matured, be- 

 come light green ; while those leaves on the under side 

 of the shoots and fully shaded branchlets are more or less 

 green from the first." 



Var, Gregoryana, Paul. A very neat little dwarf from 

 Cirencester Nursery in Gloucestershire, of an exceedingly 

 dense habit of growth, and furnished with very numerous 

 small, sharp, stiff leaves. 



Var. iDYerta, Smith. The curiously inverted branches 

 of this variety are quite distinct from those of the var. 

 pendula. All the branches are remarkably drooping in 

 their habit, and the leaves are larger and brighter than 



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those of the species. 



Var, liiiUTonata. London. Is a French discovery and 

 another dwarf kind, with short, thick, dark green leaves, 

 and crowded, irregular branches. It is said to be very 

 distinct. 



Var,nionstrosa,_Zx>wf?<m Is extremely curious, having 

 heavy, strangling branches, and is said to resemble the 



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Araucaria imbricata in appearance. 



Var. nigra, London. Syn. A. gigantea, Smith. A. 

 Lenioniana, Booth. Has larger cones and darker foliage 

 than the species ; otherwise closely resembling it. 



Var, pendula, London. The leaves of this variety are 

 longer than those of the species, and of a dark glossy- 

 green color. The branches and branchlets droop quite 

 gracefully. This is one of the most desirable. 



Var, pyramidalis, Sort. The branches of this French 

 variety differ from those of the species in being remarka- 

 bly fastigiate and of very compact growth. 



Var. pygmaea, London. Which is known under the 



