PYGMY TREES 



clustered at the extremities of the branchlets. Others 

 are compacta and pumila, sufficiently described by 

 their names, and rare in cultivation. 



The Scots Pine (P. sylvestris), widely distributed in 

 northern Europe and northern Asia, has given rise to 

 many varieties, among them two or three pygmies. 

 The best are var. nana and var. Watereri which are 

 pyramidal in outline and, with their gray-green, stiflF 

 foliage, quite attractive little shrubs. A stunted form 

 of the Japanese White Pine (P. parviflora) is common 

 in the gardens of this country and Europe often under 

 the name of P. pentaphylla. This form is produced 

 by grafting on the Black Pine (P. Thunbergii), which 

 is an uncongenial stock that causes very slow growth 

 and stunted development. 



Of the Japanese Red Pine (P. densiflora) there are 

 many forms, and theTanyosho(.var.MwfcrflatZ?/era)and 

 Bandaisho (var. globosa) are among the most useful 

 of all dwarf Pines. The Tanyosho or Table Pine 

 grows from 5 to 12 feet tall and has a dense, rounded, 

 umbrella-like crown and gray-green leaves. The 

 Bandaisho is more diminutive, being seldom 6 feet 

 high, and has grass-green foliage. 



The Norway Spruce {Picea Abies) has been ex- 

 traordinarily prolific in abnormal forms of many 

 kinds and among them half-a-dozen dwarfs. The 

 var. Clanhrassiliana is seldom seen taller than from 



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