PINETUM DANICUM. 



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T, e. pendula, Loud. Encycl. of Trees, 1027. Abies communis 

 pendula. Booth. A. viminalis^ Alstroemer. 



This only differs from the species in having all its branches and 

 branchlets drooping, and the leaves rather longer. 



P. e. pygmsea (the Dwarf Spruce), Carr. Conif. ed. 2, 334. 

 Abies excelsa pygmsea, Loud. Encycl. of Trees, 1027. A. pygmsea, hort. 

 A. parvula, Knight, Syn. Conif. 36. A. minima, hort. A. minuta, 

 hort. A. nana, hort. A. pumila, hort. 



A very diminutive variety, only growing a foot high, but spreading 

 on the ground, and certainly one of the dwarfest of all Firs. 



P. e. pyramidalis, hort. Abies pyramidalis, hort. Ficea 

 excelsa pyramidalis, Carr. Conif, ed. 2, 330. Abies excelsa pyrami- 

 dalis, hort. 



This variety differs from the common Sj)ruce in having its 

 branches ascending, and frequently as much collected together as 

 those of the Lombardy Poplar. A striking kind, on account of its 

 compact, pyramidal form. Of French origin. 



P. e. striata, Loud. Abies excelsa conica, Keteleer, Picea excelsa 

 conica, Carr. Pinus Picea conica, Endl. 



A very neat dwarf variety, quite conical in shape, and not more 

 than 3 or 4 feet in height, with the branches and branchlets erect and 

 numerous. Leaves slender, very closely compressed, bright green, 

 marked along the sides with glaucous lines, and seldom more than 

 half an inch in length, and terminating in a slender point. It is a 

 very nice, compact variety. 



P. e. tenuifolia, Loud, (the Slender Spruce). Abies excelsa 

 attenuata, hort. A. gracilis microphylla, hort. A. microphyllct, hort. 



This variety differs in having very thin, slender leaves, and 

 attenuated branches, with few branchlets. 



P. e. variegata, Loud. Abies excelsa foil is variegata, Loud. 



This differs in having some of its leaves, and occasionally some of 

 the lesser branchlets, pale yellow or whitish in colour, intermixed 

 with the ordinary green foliage of the plant. Abies excelsa aurea, 

 introduced by Messrs. J. & C. Lee, is probably a richer variety of the 

 above. 



P. Glehnii, Masters, Gard. Chron. March 6, 1880, p. 300, f. 54 ; 

 Linn. Journ. xviii. 512 ; Yatabe, Cat. PI. Herb. Tokio, 208 ; Mayr, 

 Monogr. der Abietineen des Japanischen Reiches, 1890, p. 56, 4, 

 fig. 11. Abies Glehnii, Fr. Schmidt, Reisen im Amurlande und auf 

 der Insel Sachalin, 1868, 176, cum ic. A. obovata var. japonica, 

 Maxim. Ind. Sem. Petrop. 1866 ; Veitch, Man. Conif. 80. Picea 

 japonica, Regel, Ind. Sem. Petrop. 1865. 



Habitat. — It was found by Glehn, who accompanied F. Schmidt in 

 his travels in Sachalin and in Amurland. It does not occur in 

 Northern Sachalin, but in the south, and also near to Eso, in great 

 numbers. On Eso itself this Fir reaches its highest development, 



