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DWARF CONIFERS 
These delightful little trees make excellent accent points for the 
rockery, and provide a variety in texture, as well as giving intrest- 
ing winter color. They are small, slow growing varieties which will 
not become too large and have to be replaced after a year or so. 
Many of the varieties listed below are rare sorts which we have 
imported. 
ABIES grandis nana. Rare and lovely dwarf fir of tight rounded 
form with blue gray foliage. Very slew growing. Much admired 
in the garden. Offered for the first time in years. $1.50. 
CHAMAECYPARIS. Interesting small trees with fine, soft foliage. 
Lawsoniana Var. Ellwoodii. A compact, conical little tree with 
soft, grayish foliage. Very slow growing. $1.00-$1.25-$2.00. 
Lawsoniana Var. Forsteckenensis. A gray green globular grower 
with attractive foliage. Dwarf and slow growing. $1.00 & $1.50. 
Lawsoniana Minima Glauca. Compact growing clumps of gray 
green lacy foliage. $1.00, $1.50, $2.50 & $3.00. 
Lawsoniana Nana. Neat growers, wider than high. $1.00, $1.50, $2. 
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 & $2.50. 
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, $2.00 to $3.50 & up. 
Pisifera Var. plumosa minima. Very Slow growing. Compact. 
Makes rounded clumps of lacy foliage somewhat wider than 
Prem 1oOO, bl. 0.sn2.00, 2.00, 
Pisifera Var. plumosa minima variegata. A golden variegated 
form. $1.50, $2.00, $2.50. 
Psisifera Var. Squorrosa Pygmea. A very compact, gray globular 
form. A true dwarf. Very slow growing. $1.50-$2.00-$2.50. 
CRYPTOMERIA Japonica Nana. Compact, light green globular bush. 
Will not exceed 18 in. $1.50-$2.00. 
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. $1.00, $1.50 to $2.00 and up. 
Communis Nana. A compact growing form with mats of lovely 
blue gray foliage. Much admired. 75c-$1.00. 
