GENTIANS ARE FLOWERS OF QUALITY 47 
Obtusa Var. Coraliformis. Slow growing compact form with scale 
like foliage and twisted branches resembling coral formation. 
Stock limited. Rare. $1.00, $1.50, $2.00. 
Obtusa Nana. Compact and rounded. A _ perfect rock garden 
shrub. $1.50 & $2.00. 
Obtusa Nana compacta. Even more tight growing than the above 
sort. Very slow. Rare. $1.50. 
Pisifera Var. plumosa minima. Very slow growing. Compact. 
Makes rounded clumps of lacy foliage somewhat wider than 
high. $1.00, $1.50, $2.00. 
Pisifera Var. plumosa minima variegata. A golden variegated 
form. $1.00, $1.50, $2.00. 
Pisifera Var. Squorrosa Pygmea. A very compact, gray globular 
form. A true dwarf. Very slow growing. $1.00-$1.50-$2.00-$2.50. 
CRYPTOMERIA Japonica Nana. Compact, light green globular bush. 
Will not exceed 18 in. $1.00-$1.50. 
JUNIPERUS. Juniper. Grayish or golden foliage, with rather stiff, 
spiky leaves and blue berries. 
Communis Compressa. When mature, this makes a perfectly coni- 
cal dwarf tree of absolutely regular form. Young plants are more 
open, but tighten up with age. The foliage is glaucous green, 
and the plants grow very slowly. 75c, $1.00, $1.50. 
Communis Nana. A compact growing form with mats of lovely 
blue gray foliage. Much admired. 75c-$1.00. 
PICEA. Spruce. Dense headed trees with stiff, pointed needles. 
Albertina Conica. Forms a perfect pyramid of fine, deep green 
foliage. Very slow growing. $1.00-$2.00-$2.50. 
Excelsa brevifolia. A tight growing short needled form. $1.00-$1.50. 
Excelsa clanbrasiliana. A very compact, broadly conical, dark 
green tree with short, crowded branches. $1.00 and $1.50. 
Excelsa echinaeformis. Upright in habit, leaves long and prickly 
resembling a hedgehog, hence the name. A very distinct form. 
$1.00, $2.00 and up. 
Excelsa nidiformis. Dwarf, rounded compact form, densely branch- 
ed, with stiff, short needles. $1.00 and $1.50 and up. 
Excelsa procumbens. Prostrate Spruce. Forms low mats with nu- 
merous short branches densely clothed in short, pointed needles. 
$1.50 and $2.00. 
Excelsa repens. Prostrate, with flattened, somewhat decumbent 
branches and short, sharp needles. $1.00-$1.50. 
TAXUS Cuspidata Nana. A dwarf bushy form of yew with attrac- 
tive foliage and large red berries. 1 ft. 75c and $1.00. 
