Picea excelsa, var. Clanbrassiliana 
Nat. Order: Conirera. Tribe: ABIETINEA. 
Picea excelsa, var. Clanbrasstiiana, Carriére, “ Traité Conif.” ed. ii. 334 ; 
A btes excelsa, var. Clanbrassttiana, Loudon, 
‘‘Arb. et Frut. Brit.” iv. 2294. 
A dwarf spruce fir, forming a low, round bush, four feet 
high and as much through. The branches are short and 
densely packed, with needle-shaped leaves of a light glaucous 
hue, It has a compact and pretty appearance, and is very 
suitable for planting out in a rockery. The plant figured is 
over a hundred years old and is quite healthy. It thrives in 
a light loamy soil, and never attains a height of five feet. It 
was named after Lord Clanbrassil, who first discovered it in 
his beautiful demesne of Tullymore, in the county of Down, 
now the seat of the Earl of Roden, and the original plant is 
still to be seen there. 
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