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PiCEA PiNSAPO GLAUCA, Hort, the Glaucous Pinsapo Fir. 



This is a very handsome variety, with the leaves, equal iu 

 length and thickly placed at right angles round the shoots. 

 The leaves are very rigid, half an inch long, blunt-pointed, 

 somewhat rounded, and quite glaucous on the upper surface, 

 and with tw6 conspicuous glaucous white bands beneath, sepa- 

 rated by the mid-rib, which is, as well as the margins, of a 

 bright-green colour. 



It is a very fine variety on account of its silxjery appearance, 

 and is in the nurseries of Mr. Smith, of Worcester, and Mr. 

 Scott, at Merriott, in Somersetshire. 



PiNUS Stkobus compacta, Hort, the Compact or Bushy "Wey- 

 mouth Pine. 

 This variety forms a dense, compact, round-headed bush, 

 from four to six feet high, and is very distinct from the Strohus 

 nana, with which it is sometimes confounded in the Nurseries. 



Retinospoba filifera gracilis, Hort, the Slender, Thread- 

 branched Japan Cypress. 

 This variety differs from the original form, itfbeing much 

 slenderer in all its parts, and of a much brighter green colour. 

 It produces numerous long, slender, drooping shoots, which are 

 frequently from five to six iuches in length, before they pro- 

 duce any branchlets, and the branchlets, which are mostly 

 produced in tufts near the ends of the branches, have quite a 

 tasseUed appearance. 



Retikospora obtusa alba spica, Barron, the White Speckled, 

 Obtuse-leaved Japan Cypress. 



This variety is similar iu general character to the ordinary 

 form of the species, but rather more compact in habit. The 

 young shoots are pure white when first they appear in the 

 spring, and remain so for about three months, when they 

 gradually change, and finally become green. 



A nice, distinct variety. 



