PART I 
Conifers 
* CEDRUS atlantica glauca pendula, WEEPING BLUE ATLAS CEDAR (6). From the 
time we first heard of the grand specimen of this noble tree growing in the environs of Paris 
until we could find a European nurseryman with trees to sell, a good many years passed. 
Since finally importing it several more have slipped by while we have been working up a 
stock but at last we can offer it in a,limited way for the first time, we believe, in this coun- 
try. It is an exact counterpart of the beautiful Blue Atlas Cedar except that its branches 
grow almost directly downward. Hence young trees must be staked and kept staked until 
an erect trunk of several feet has been formed. Balled 3-4 ft. $7.50, 11%4-2 ft. $5.00. 
CHAMAECYPARIS lawsoniana ellwoodi, ELLWOOD CYPRESS (5). Our experience 
with this beautiful plant has been quite unusual and very interesting. Although we knew 
little of its behavior we described it briefly in G. A. ’39: “practically a dwarf form of Fletcher 
Cypress; foliage entirely juvenile, very dainty and of a pronounced silver hue. Suitable 
for rock gardens and probably prefers shade in sunny climes.” It quickly became apparent 
that this was going to prove one of the best conifers in years so we took the unusual step of 
withdrawing it from sale two years so that we might use all our stock for propagation. 
It proves rather too large for small rock gardens but excellent for larger ones and for 
general garden use, as a tub plant, etc. We were entirely wrong about its preferring shade 
as it thrives in the open even in the San Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys, but it also does 
well in 50% shade. Habit is columnar and decidedly more compact than Fletcher Cypress; 
growth slow or medium; foliage fine and lacy; color silvery-blue. A report from Idaho on 
some plants sent 2 or 3 years ago for testing says that they stood both hot summers and 
winter temperature down to 15° below zero, and adds: “everyone who sees it likes it,” 
which we have also found true here. Altogether quite a plant which seems sure to attain 
great popularity. Balled 15-18 in. $3.00, 12-15 in. $2.50; pot grown 6-8 in. $1.00, 4-6 in. 75c. 
CHAMAECYPARIS lawsoniana nidiformis, BIRDNEST CYPRESS (5). In G. A. 736 we 
said: “A most useful form of the highly variable Lawson Cypress. Makes no leader at all. 
Sometimes the branches are semi-ascending and drooping toward the tips but generally 
natural growth is wider than tall and even old plants can be kept down to a height of three 
feet or less and much wider than tall. Very useful at corners of walks and particularly of 
drives where view must be unobscured. Foliage has a rich, pleasing shade of green. Highly 
and deservedly popular.” Seven years’ further experience only increases our good opinion. 
Balled 2-2%At ft. $3.00, 124-2 ft. $2.25; pot grown 1-1% ft. 75c. 
JUNIPERUS chinensis armstrongi;, ARMSTRONG JUNIPER (4). Originator’s descrip- 
tion: “One of the finest dwarf evergreens is this hybrid Juniper which makes a dense mass 
of soft gray-green foliage about 2 feet high and becoming about 5 feet across. Splendid for 
the foreground of any planting, thriving equally well in sun or shade and adapting itself to 
any climate.” Balled 10-15 in. $1.25; pot grown 1-1% ft. 85c. 
JUNIPERUS chinensis columnaris, BLUE COLUMNAR JUNIPER (4). In GA. ’36 we 
said: “This erect, slightly silvery Juniper is columnar in its younger stages, but after a few 
years becomes narrowly pyramidal with no pruning whatever. It is a good grower and we 
have no finer conifer of formal type. Unlike the Irish Juniper it is perfectly healthy and al- 
ways erin a rich, fresh appearance.” Balled 3-4 feet. $3.00, 2-3 feet $2.25; pot grown 
1-1% ft. 75c 
*JUNIPERUS communis compressa, DWARF COMMON JUNIPER (2). In England this 
is one of the most highly esteemed rock garden conifers. We saw it there in the Spring 
1938 Chelsea Show and at once imported it. We are possibly the only ones offering it in 
this country. Foliage is very silvery ; growth very slender, erect, and extremely slow. Tt 
is a true dwarf. Balled 8-12 in. $1.50. 
* PICEA orientalis aurea, BRONZEGOLD ORIENTAL SPRUCE (4). A graceful sym- 
metrical Spruce of rather slow growth. The typical form has some resemblance to the 
well-known Norway Spruce but needles are considerably shorter and branches more slender. 
The bronzy golden color of the foliage in form described is particularly attractive. Balled 
2-214 ft. $2.50, 114-2 ft. $2.00; pot grown 1-1% ft. 85c. 
PICEA pungens kosteriana, KOSTER BLUE SPRUCE (2). A well known intensely sil- 
very Spruce. Its growth is so extremely slow when young that it takes a nurseryman 
seven or eight years to grow one to smallest salable size. Like many conifers its rate of 
growth increases later. Balled 3-3% ft. $7.50, 214-3 ft. $6.00, 2-2%4ft. $4.50, 114-2 ft. $3.50. 
THUYA occidentalis pyramidalis,s PYRAMIDAL AMERICAN ARBORVITAE (2). With 
Italian Cypress a thing of the past, this is now the best tree of slender columnar habit and 
fairly rapid growth. It has the further advantage of having a central trunk with short 
lateral branches so does not have to be wound up periodically with twine to make it keep 
its form. Balled 3-4 ft. $3.25, 214-3 ft. $2.50, 2-2% ft. $2.25, 114-2 ft. $1.75. 
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