A,  e.  Cianbroiiliatia  (Lord  Clanbrasil's  variety). — Exceed-
ingly dwarf  and  perfectly  hardy ;  leaves,  only  half  an  inch  long,
and  the  mature  plant  not  over  three  feet

A»  e.  eUgans. — ^A  pretty  Dwarf  har^jiy  variety,  with  slender
gray  foliage  reaching  the  height  of  four  or  five  feet.
A.  e.  diffusa,  A.  e.  compaeta^  A.  e,  pumihiy  A,  e.  aUenuata
— are  four  Dwarf  varieties  of  the  Norway  spruce,  similar
in  growth  and  general  appearance  to  those  mentioned  above,
and  very  hardy.  In  fact,  wherever  the  Norway  spruce
can  be  grown,  these  eight  or  ten  dwarf  varieties  can,  and
when  grouped  with  the  dwarf  pine,  P,  strobiis  pumilis,  and
the  Dwarf  Scotch  fir,  P.  sylvestrii  pumilis,  neither,  of  which
ever  exceed  four  or  five  feet,  they  make  a  very  interesting  and
striking  plantation.
A,  Menziesii — (Menzies*  fir)  known  also  A,  SilchensU — ^is  a
tall  tree,  with  light  glaucous-colored  foliage,  growing  sixty  to
seventy  feet  high  ;  a  native  of  northern  California  and  the  island
of  Sitcha;  quite  hardy  here.  Our  specimens,  which  have  been
out  some  five  or  six  years,  occasionally  get  scorched  by  the
summer ;  in  the  latitude  of  Philadelphia  it  does,  likewise,  very
well,  as  also  at  Cincinnati,  Newport,  Washington,  Boston,
Flushing,  in  New  Jersey,  and  even  at  Clinton,  N.  Y.,  when  in
shade.
