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than in the common form. The foliage has a peculiar glaucous 

 hue quite unlike that of any other variety. 



Oupressus Lawsoniana lutea has the whole of the young growth 

 of a light clear yellow, which subsides to a deep yellow in winter. 

 It is a plant of medium growth and compact habit, and it is quite 

 distinct from the variety aureo-variegata. 



Oupressus Lawsoniana nana. — A diminutive variety of slow 

 growth, dense in habit, globose in outline, and deep green in 

 colour. 



Oupressus Lawsoniana nana alba. — A dwarf compact little 

 plant, with the whole of the young growth yellowish-white, which 

 deepens to light green when mature. 



Oupressus Lawsoniana nana glauca resembles the variety nana 

 in its dense dwarf globose habit, but differs in its highly glaucous 

 foliage. 



Oupressus Lawsoniana possesses almost every quality that renders a 

 Coniferous tree valuable for British gardens. As an ornamental tree, it 

 is one of the handsomest. It is perfectly hardy ; the severest winters 

 that have occurred since its introduction have, scarcely affected it. It 

 thrives in almost every description of soil, wet and cold peat alone 

 being unfavourable for it. It is remarkably prolific, bearing seed in 

 abundance even in its young state, which quickly germinates, and thus 

 it may be propagated with great rapidity. It is polymorphous, giving 

 rise to varieties so distinct from the normal form, and so varied in 

 habit and outline, that several of them are justly ranked among the 

 best of subjects for the geometrical or formal flower garden, both in 

 summer and winter. It may be used for almost every purpose for 

 which Conifers are planted — as a single specimen for the lawn or park, 

 in groups of its own kind, or intermixed with other trees or shrubs, 

 for evergreen hedges, or as a funereal or cemetery tree. 



It was named in compliment to Mr. Charles Lawson, of Edinburgh, 

 head of the well-known horticultural firm of Peter Lawson & Sons, and, 

 for one term, Lord Provost of the city. 



Oupressus Macnabiana.— A low tree, of compact bushy habit, from 

 10 to 15 feet high, with short branches, thickly set, and slightly 

 ascending at their extremities ; the branchlets are numerous, rigid, 



