. Veitch's manual of the coniferae : containing a general review of the order, a synopsis of the species cultivated in Great Britain, their botanical history, economic properties, place and use in arboriculture, etc . to a synonyni of the older names by the .\iiieiican hotanists. Tn British .^aniens the name Ihntlcoyiana is still ivtaineil to the ,i,daucous from the L;reendeaved variety. * (; and Kercst, Vol. X. \k 1- t Till fiillowiiij; is Moiif^aids (Icscriiptiini of Tsiujn Mcitenniana wliicli sliould set at restany doiilits as tsiina ; rami iainulii|iif dclapsis toliis
. Veitch's manual of the coniferae : containing a general review of the order, a synopsis of the species cultivated in Great Britain, their botanical history, economic properties, place and use in arboriculture, etc . to a synonyni of the older names by the .\iiieiican hotanists. Tn British .^aniens the name Ihntlcoyiana is still ivtaineil to the ,i,daucous from the L;reendeaved variety. * (; and Kercst, Vol. X. \k 1- t Till fiillowiiij; is Moiif^aids (Icscriiptiini of Tsiujn Mcitenniana wliicli sliould set at restany doiilits as tsiina ; rami iainulii|iif dclapsis toliis valdc tuhiTculosi. Folia solitaria,approxiniata, lineaiia, in i)etiolum iniiiutuni atlciiuata, nhtusinscula, .supra plana, sulitusnervo medio promimdo, integeri-ima, > longa, liiicaquc paiiilo angustioia. Strol)ili, solitarii,sessiles, ol)loiigi, oUtnsi, 15 i)olliceni, plus miuusvc Si|uama n-iiiformcs, integnv, ./ etquod cxccdit latac.—Olisurvations sur la Vigitatinn lir Sitilia. p. . Tm(ja Mertemiana at Eastnor Castle. 472 T8U(iA SIKHOLDII. Tswja Meiienxlana is (nic of tlic handsonicst of ioiiifcious triH-s ofsmall or luediuiu diiiuiisions for tlic decomtion nf tlie lawn wlicre tin-larger trees are iiusiiitahle. It grows fairly well in most soils that arewell drained, the growth of the leader shoot rarely exceeding six to nineinches annually; to secure good s])eciniens a space with a radius ofnot less than fifteen fec^t should l)e allo^\ed for them. The speciesk(ieps in memory the name of one of the most energetic of liotanicalexplorers of the early ])art of tlu^ nineteenth century. Kakl Hkinuich Mertens (1796—1830) -was the sou of Dr. Fiuii/ Kail Merteuswho was the head of an Institution in Bremen, and tlie autlior of several liotaniealpa])ei-s, and who is connnenioiated by the genus Mertensia (Boragiue;e). KarlHeinrich was liorn in Bremen where lie received liis early education ami acquireda fondness for natural history, especially Botany which he studied lat
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