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Ptyllocactus— coniitnwei. 



^h^^n^i}}^^^^^u\ h flesb-colourea^ when first expanded, 

 becoming caraiine before fading, about 5ii). across. See Fiii- 58. 



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Fig. 58. Flowers of I'iullocactus Haagei. 



Fi roseus grandiflorus (rosy, large-flowered) 

 long and broad, nodding. See Fig 59. ^* 



rf. white, 6in 



Vof ^fl^Y?^^; ?'' *'^° ^P^«^^^ described on p. 117, 

 Vol. III., the following should now be added : 



^k "™?r*iPfhi^/«''yf •"•!!.■ ^- ^^'^^ ' sepals markerl outside by 

 Brazil. "'"eea. i. ovate, dark green, with silver veins. 



It 



VoT?iT^Sff S*'^- "^^ *^' ^P''"^^ described on p. 119, 

 Vol. III., the following variety should now be added • 



PP^m^\ol^TT/^*;>.'^r//'' ^""^ varieties described on 

 pp.l-l-J, Vol.111., the following should now be added- 



'*;i,^?®*'**"^J''°i'''-^°r'""«>- This resembles P. ezceha but ha>, 



ih^,.rr^ J''"',^''' r'^'^^'y- ^* '"^h «t"f«'-, shorter; thicker leaves 

 about i.n. to 3in. long, and more distinctly four-angled. S 



P. Brewerlana (Brewer's). /. five to twelve lines lone one half 

 beneath 'on "l^ch" sX"*fff "' '''^^'''^ '''^'^''^^ above?^stomatose 



^'r^nut^, '*'«*** ^''^'S^y^- T^'« »« identical with the form 

 P. Parryaua (Parry's), a synonjm of P. pungent. 



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Picea — cuiu lit (leti. 



P. pungens. Rocky Mountiiin Blue Spruce. "White, glabrous 

 branchlets, stouter [than thost^ of P. iCnfjeltiianni], in old speci- 

 mens somewhat flattened, spiny - pointed 

 leaves, blue in young trees and in the young 

 growth of old trees; the -cones are much 

 lou^-er and paler [than in Unffelmanni]^ the 



(Engel- 



mann). A tall tree. Syn. P. Parryana. 



FICOTEE. This, like the Car- 

 nation, is being steadily improved by 

 cultivators, the greatest advance having 

 been made in the Yellow-ground sec- 

 tion. The under-mentioned varieties are 

 not all new, but should be grown in 

 all good collections ; 



Ked-edged. Dr. Abercrombie (Fellowe.s) 

 broad edge of deep retl, on pure white 

 ground ; Mrs. Fuller, broad red edge, on 

 good white ^Tound ; William Summers 

 (Snuonite), a good old variety, with medium 

 heavy edge. 



Purple-edged. Baroness Burdett-Coutts 



(Payne), medium purple edge, glistening 

 white ground; Juliette (Fellowes), me- 

 dium-edged purple, with broad, well-formed 

 petals ; Mr. Tutton (Payne), light edge 

 very pure white ground, neat ; Princess 

 l^AOMAR (Batten), broad margin of full 

 purple, pure white ground. 



Rose and Scarlet-edged. Duchess (Fel- 

 lowes), Ji-ht rose edge, good form, very 

 large and full; Favourite (Liddington) 

 very large, with broad, smooth petals^ the 

 best hght rose-edged Picotee ; Mrs. Shari-k 

 (feliarpe), a heavy-edged rose, of fine quaUty 

 the white very pure; Orlando (Fellowes) 

 well-deftned light rose edge, good white 

 petals, large. 



^H^.!lwT?"*, B«ff Ground. Agnks Cham- 



BEILS (Douglas), clear yellow, lightly edged 

 pinkish-red, large and full ; aEic/ Waitk 

 (lunier), pale yellow, light edge of crimson 

 well-formed ; Almira (Douglas), bright yel- 

 low, flaked on the edge with pink, very ]a.-e 

 and full; Annie Douglas (Douglas), full 

 yellow, heavily edged ros*, 'superb form - 

 Bright Star (Turner), clear yellow, edged 

 crimson ; Bullion (Turner), bright yellow 

 uiargined red ; Colonial Beauty (DougiL).' 



huff, heavily edged pink, large and f uU • 

 pouoTHY (Douglas), bright buif, lafge, well-' 

 formed petals, edged and lightly 'fllked 

 reddish-pink : Ne Plus Ultra (Turner) 

 hght red edge, large, full, and well-formed • 

 Princess Beatrice (Turner), petals na^wi; 

 edged crimson, broad and well-formed- 



flower, narrowly edg^l^'rSh-frSTSKi'c^^iTrSotr^^f 

 terra-cotta, beautifully edged reddish-pinrrarg^e^fuU-Forn^d!^' , 



allf^!?„*L°^?^/ v"" ^^^r'"' ^^<*^«^'^''«' resemblance ; in 

 Ord roil -f ^^'*^ '"*^ ^''''''^- S^^- ^eichardia. 

 ffenus bnTnnf M 'n''''' ^^^•^ ^"^"^ ^^^«"^d to this 



thev '.^! r^'°"''^i *^° ^^^ ""^ ^^ *^« <Ji«*i°«t as such ; 

 iney are hardy, glabrous, annual or perennial herbs 



natives of South Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia 



Flower-heads yeUow, long-pedunculat;, homrgamous in-" 



ngnlate, five-toothed at apex. Leaves radical or alternate 



s^eSs in c^u^r'?'- ^^ ^-^^•^«— ' Probably thronf; 

 species m cultivation, is a perennial. It thrives in anv 



fairly good garden soil, and may be increased bj divTsions'^ 



Vnl TTT +1. ' XT 1,'^*'.*^*' species described on pp 124-5 

 P Jano';,!' , "^ '""^*^ ^^"'^^^ --^ ^^ added ' 



v.^!^"^^ A^l^^^^^t^-'P^ elegant). This garden 

 margined Trith white Syn i^^ "" ¥^'°K ^-^^ ^ea'«« Prettily 



Ant Pi^afpft/ =; Vr^,-^ ^•'"'"^ '^ earned in honour of 

 account of it. {iOl^-22), and wrote an 



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