. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1798. Picea pungens. The two small tufts at the riglit are P. excelsa, var. MaxivelU. Kin. long: fis. purple: cones ovate-oblong, cinnaraon- bi'own, glossy, 1K-2U in. long; scales almost orbicular, with finely denticulate margin. S. E. Eu. II. 21:308; III. 21:153, Gt. 47, p. tree of rather sl
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1798. Picea pungens. The two small tufts at the riglit are P. excelsa, var. MaxivelU. Kin. long: fis. purple: cones ovate-oblong, cinnaraon- bi'own, glossy, 1K-2U in. long; scales almost orbicular, with finely denticulate margin. S. E. Eu. II. 21:308; III. 21:153, Gt. 47, p. tree of rather slow growth, forming a dense and narrow pyra- mid when young; very hardy. 1799. Picea nigra {X K). staminate fis, purple: cones oblong, 2M-5 in. long, light orange-brown; scales obovate, with entire margin. Sis- kiyou Mts. in Ore. and N. Calif, 12:601. 3:66, 67; 5:595. II. 25 of the most dis- tinct Spruces, but it has not yet been successfully cul- tivated in the eastern states. P. Columbiana, Lemm., is a form of P. Engelmanni, of smaller size, with smaller cones and scaly brown bark.~P. Glchni, Mast. Tree, to l.'jO ft,, allied to P. bieolor, but Ivs, shorter, about K-M in. Ion? and comparatively broad: cones 1-2 in. long. Amurland, Sachalin, Yeso. II. 13:301.—P. Maximotviczi, Regel. Allied to P. polita, but much smaller in every part: Ivs. about y4, cones 2 iu. long, smaller in cult, plants. Japan. ALFRED Rehder. PICKEREL-WEED. Pontederia. PICOTEE. See Carnation. PICRASMA (Greek, piJcrasfnos, bitterness; referring to the bitter bark and wood). Including Picmrm. iSinia- rubdeece. Trees and shrubs, with alternate, odd-pinnate Ivs., yellowish green fis. in axillary, long-peduncled, loose cymes and subglobose, drj', berry-like fr. About 8 species in S. and E. Asia and W. India. Only P. ailanthoides. Planch. {P. Japbnica, Gray), seenas to be iu cult. It is an upright shrub, almost glabrous except the tomeutulose inflorescence: Ivs. with 4-8 pairs of Ift
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