. The cultivated evergreens; a handbook of the coniferous and most important broad-leaved evergreens planted for ornament in the United States and Canada. Evergreens; Conifers. ENUMERATION OF CONIFERS 225 Juvenile forms: Var. Ellwangeriana, Beiss. (var. Tom Thumb). Tom Thumb A. Plate XXI. A low broad pyramid, with slender branches clothed with two kinds of foliage, adult leaves and primordial, acicular, spreading leaves; it is an intermediate form between the var. ericoides and the type. Var. "Ell- wangeriana aurea," Spaeth. Like the preceding but with yellow foliage. Var. ericoides,
. The cultivated evergreens; a handbook of the coniferous and most important broad-leaved evergreens planted for ornament in the United States and Canada. Evergreens; Conifers. ENUMERATION OF CONIFERS 225 Juvenile forms: Var. Ellwangeriana, Beiss. (var. Tom Thumb). Tom Thumb A. Plate XXI. A low broad pyramid, with slender branches clothed with two kinds of foliage, adult leaves and primordial, acicular, spreading leaves; it is an intermediate form between the var. ericoides and the type. Var. "Ell- wangeriana aurea," Spaeth. Like the preceding but with yellow foliage. Var. ericoides, Beiss. & Hochst. {Retinospora dubia, Carr. R. ericoides, Hort., not Zucc). Heath Retinispora. Dwarf, globose or broadly pyramidal form, with slender branchlets clothed with needle-shaped, soft, spreading leaves, dull green above, grayish-green beneath and assuming a brownish tint in winter. 2. T. plicata, D. Don {T. gigantea, Nutt. T. Menziesii, Douglas. T. Lobbii, Hort.). Giant A. Tall tree attaining 200 feet, with short horizontal branches often pendulous at the ends, forming a narrow pyramid; trunk with a much- buttressed base and clothed with cinnamon- red bark; branchlets slender, regularly and closely set: leaves bright green and glossy above, dark green beneath and with whitish triangular spots: leaves of vigorous shoots widely spaced, ending in long points parallel to axis of the lateral branchlets, acute and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co. , ltd.
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