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JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1963 169<br />
290793 to 290795—Continued<br />
Numbered July 11, 1963.<br />
290793. <strong>No</strong>. 165.<br />
290794. <strong>No</strong>. 174.<br />
290795. <strong>No</strong>. 267.<br />
290796 to 290811.<br />
From Great Britain. <strong>Plant</strong>s presented by A, H. Nisbet, Brookers Farm,<br />
Gosport, England. Received Feb. 15, 1963. Numbered May 20, 1963.<br />
290796 to 290798. CHAMAECYPARIS LAWSONIANA (Murray) Parl.<br />
Pinaceae.<br />
Lawson falsecypress.<br />
290796. From plant raised by J. Clark, "Nyewoods", Chilworth, Southampton.<br />
<strong>Plant</strong> is beautiful but not in the trade.<br />
290797. 'Dows' variety. Original seedling grown by Dow Nursery,<br />
Oakdean, Calif. Nisbet's propagation, 13 years old, is 12 inches high<br />
and 18 inches across.<br />
290798. 'Minima'. A seedling, growing in present site nearly 30 years,<br />
now is 30 inches high and 5 feet across. All previous propagation<br />
attempts have failed.<br />
290799 and 290800. CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA (Sieb. & Zucc.) Endl.<br />
Hinoki falsecypress.<br />
290799. 'Laxa'. <strong>Plant</strong> low, wide spreading, open. Scarce.<br />
290800. 'Rigida'. Upright form.<br />
290801. CHAMAECYPARIS sp.<br />
<strong>Plant</strong> low growing, globular, wide spreading; branches fernlike, pendulous.<br />
290802. CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA (L.f.) D. Don Common cryptomeria.<br />
'Knaptonensis'. From the Rev. Pro. Lyttle's plant, "Nyewoods", Southampton.<br />
290803 and 290804. CUPRESSUS MACROCARPA Hartw. Pinaceae. Cypress.<br />
290803. 'Contorta'. A low, wide-spreading, form mostly juvenile foliage,<br />
very congested, very dark.<br />
290804. 'Pygmaea' (Woking form). This is not forma pygmaea A. B.<br />
Jackson; it is a better form raised as a seedling by Jackmans, Woking.<br />
Propagated with difficulty.<br />
290805. JUNIPERUS SCOPULORUM f. VIRIDIFOUA (D. Hill) Render Pinaceae.<br />
'Nana\ A tiny, slow-growing, bushy plant. Difficult to grow.<br />
290806. JUNIPERUS sp.<br />
<strong>Plant</strong> a dense mat, prostrate, to 3 inches high and 5 feet across, 30 years<br />
old.<br />
290807. LIBOCEDRUS sp. Pinaceae.<br />
Parent plant 18 inches high, 10 inches wide, 14 years old.<br />
290808 to 290810. PICEA ABIES (L.) Karst. Pinaceae. <strong>No</strong>rway spruce.<br />
290808. Congested and tiny mutation on very old plant of f. pygmaea.<br />
The mutation, after several years is only 3 inches across.<br />
290809. 'Phylicoides'.<br />
290810. 'Reflexa'.<br />
290811. THUJA ORIENTAUS L. Pinaceae. Oriental arborvitae.<br />
A strange little plant with twisted and contorted branchlets.
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