fall 1946-sp. 1947) - broader than regular type. D. Wyman, Arnoldia 

 20(7):46. 1960 - dense; but differs little from other good sel. Male. 



LISA New name. Sdlg. orig. named by Athens Nurs., Athens, Georgia. 

 Dense, rounded; lvs. dark green, ovate to broadly elliptic, tips obtuse, 

 bases cuneate. Published here for the first time. 



LITTLE GEM (Tingle Nurs., Pittsville, Maryland, cat. p. 22. fall 1961- 

 sp. 1962) - broader than tall, good for low positions. Male. 



LITTLE LEAF (Millcreek Nurs., Newark, Delaware, cat. p. 2. 1958, 

 without descr.). J. Floyd, Jr., Ornamental Pit. Coll., Hort. Gdn. 

 Clemson University, Clemson Agr. Exp. Sta., Clemson, South Carolina, 

 Miscel. Pub. 9. 1973, as LITTLELEAF, without descr. 



LOEB (Medford Nurs., Medford, New Jersey, cat. p. 6. fall 1971- sp. 

 1972, as LOEBI) - extremely compact, spreading; hardy. By correcting 

 the orthography, the authors are the first to legitimately publish the 

 name LOEB. 



LONGBOY New Name. Sel. and named late 1950's by Dr. W. Frierson; 

 vigorous upright spreading; lvs. dark green, elliptic, tips acute, bases 

 cuneate; male. By adding a descr., the authors are the first to 

 legitimately publish the name LONGBOY. 



LONGFELLOW (Boulevard Nurs., Newport, Rhode Island, cat. p. 1 1. 

 1940) - compact; lvs. "cleaner" and glossier; sdlg. sel. many years ago; 

 all stock from original pit. This was a combined descr. with 

 TENNYSON. Descriptions sorted out by D. Wyman, Arnoldia 

 20(7):46. 1960 - described LONGFELLOW as a poor grower, closely 

 resembling /. crenata microphylla; lvs. rather large. D. Wyman, Amer. 

 Nurseryman 122(9): 123. 1960 - not as hardy as some others [in 

 Boston]. Wister et al., Holly Soc. Amer. Bui. 6:33. 1953, without descr. 

 - orig. Holland 1917, Boulevard Nurs., Newport, Rhode Island, about 

 1920. Upright, spreading; male. 



var. longifolia (A. Lavallee, Arb. Segrezianum, p. 44. 1877 - without 

 descr.). W. Goldring, Garden (London) 31:129. 1887 - lvs. longer and 

 narrower than type; described from cultivation. S.-y. Hu, Jour. Arnold 

 Arb. 30:325. 1949, based on Goldring (1887) - mature lvs. lanceolate or 

 oblong-elliptic 1-3 cm long, 4-11 mm wide, normal length 4 times or 

 more the width, apex acute; cultivated Germany, Great Britain, U.S.; 

 with f. longifolia (Goldring) Rehder in syn. A. Rehder, Mitt. Deut. 

 Dendr. Gesel. (17):161. 1908 and idem, Biblio. Trees & Shrubs, p. 402. 

 1949 - in syn. to f. longifolia (Goldring) Rehder. The authors consider 

 Goldring's plant a cultivar, since it was from cultivation. Later, with 

 confusing and conflicting interpretations, S.-y. Hu, Nat'l Hort. Mag. 

 36(1 ):49. 1957 - accepted f. longifolia (Goldring) Rehder but also 

 called it a "horticultural variety"; then on p. 62 in the entry for 

 KINGS VILLE [KINGSVILLE DWARF] - "a clone off. longifolia" 

 and on p. 64 in the entry for MICROPHYLLA - "a clone of var. 

 longifolia f. rehderiana" and in the entry for WILLOW LEAF - "a 



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