lO GARDEN FLOWERS. 



f^andis (great); 170 feet; May^ New California; 1831. A. 

 heterophylla {\2ino\is-\Q:2LXQ.d); 180 feet; Oregon. A.ho7nolepis 

 (equal-scaled); 25 feet; mountains of Japan. A. yezoefisisQ ezo; 

 spruce-fir); 55 feet; Japan. A. Khutrow (Khutrow) ; 50 feet; 

 Himalayas. A. lasiocarpa (woolly-coned) ; North-west America ; 

 A. Menziesii (Menzies'); 60 feet; May; North-west America ; 

 1831. A. Mertensia7ia (Merten's) ; Island of Sitcha. A. inicro- 

 phylla (small-leaved); 180 feet; Oregon. A. Morinda (Morin- 

 da) ; 40 feet ; North India. A. imicronata (sharp-pointed); 180 

 feet; Oregon. ^ . «/^r^ (black-spruce) ; 60 feet; May; North 

 America; 1700. A. 7iobilis (noble); 65 feet; North America; 

 183 1. A. Nordmatuiiajta {^Q)X^vci2XiVi^^)\ 80 feet; Crimea. A. 

 obovata (reversed-egg-coned) ; Siberia. A. orientalis (eastern) ; 

 30 feet ; May; Levant ; 1825. A. picea (pitchy) ; 160 feet ; May ; 

 Germany; 1603. A. picea ApolliTiis (ApoUini) ; Greece. A. 

 ^zV^^ /^/f?*;/^^/^ (smooth-branched) ; Levant. A. pichta (pitch); 

 50 feet; May; Siberia; 1820. A. Piiidrow (Pindrow) ; 100 

 feet ; May ; Himalayas ; 1837. A. Pinsapo (Pinsapo) ; 65 feet; 

 Spain ; 1838. A. polita (pohshed) ; 50 feet ; mountains of Japan. 

 A. religiosa (sacred); 150 feet; Mexico. A. rubra (red-spruce); 

 50 feet ; May; North America ; 1755. A.ritbra violacea (vio- 

 let). A. rubra arctica (arctic), A. ScJircnkiaiia (Schrenk's) ; 

 Siberia. A. Sitcheiisis {^^\\r\\?iX<)\ Island of Silcha. A.trigona 

 (three-angled); 300 feet ; Oregon. A. Tsuga (Tsuga); North 

 of Japan. A. Tsuga na7ia {&\\2.x{). A. Webbia7ia (\Wthh''s)', 90 

 feet; Himalayas; 1822. 



These are all now classed under Pinus. 



Abobra. [Cucurbitaceae.] A very ornamental climber, 

 nearly allied to the ornamental gourds which have of late 

 become so popular. The flowers are greenish and incon- 

 spicuous ; the foliage finely cut, dark -green, and very orna- 

 mental ; the fruit, which is the chief beauty, small, glossy 

 scarlet, freely produced. The plant is dicecious. 



Raised from seeds, in hot-bed, in pots, and turned out in 

 a rich sunny border, the plants grow rapidly, and before 

 autumn are very showy. It also strikes freely from cuttings. 



