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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING. 
Phyllocactus—continued. 
P. Haagei (Haage’s). jl. flesh-coloured when first expanded, 
becoming carmine before fading, about 5in. across. See Fig. 58. 
Fic. 58. 
FLOWERS OF PHYLLOCACTUS HAAGEI. 
P. roseus grandiflorus (rosy, large-flowered). jl. white, 6in. 
long and broad, nodding. See Fig. 59, 
PHYSURUS. To the species described on p. 117, 
Vol. III., the following should now be added: 
P. fimbrillaris (fringed). fl. white; sepals marked outside by 
a central line of pellucida glands; lip yellow at the tip, which 
is delicately fringed. 1. ovate, dark green, with silver veins. 
Brazil. 
PHYTOLACCA. To the species described on p. 119, 
Vol. III., the following variety should now be added : 
P. decandra albo-variegata (white-variegated). A form with 
variegated leaves, 1887. (R. H. 1887, p. 16, f. 2.) 
PICEA. To the species and varieties described on 
pp. 121-3, Vol. III., the following should now be added: 
P. alpestris (rock-loving). This resembles P. excelsa, but has 
the young shoots velvety, with stiffer, shorter, thicker leaves, 
about 4in. to jin. long, and more distinctly four-angled. Swiss 
Alps. 
P. Breweriana (Brewer's). /. five to twelve lines long, one-half 
to one line broad, rounded or slightly keeled above, stomatose 
beneath on each side the prominent midrib, obtuse. cones 
slender, 3in. long, with thin, entire scales. Branchlets long, 
drooping, whip-like, puberulous. kh. 80ft. to 90ft. North Cali- 
fornia, 1886. This tree somewhat resembles P. excelsa. (G. C. 
Nn. S., XXV., pp. 497-8.) 
P. excelsa virgata (twiggy). 
monstrosa. 
P. Parryana (Parry’s). 
This is identical with the form 
A synonym of P. pungens. 
| Picea—continued. 
P. pungens. Rocky Mountain Blue Spruce. ‘‘ White, glabrous 
branchlets, stouter (than those of P. Engelmanni), 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 
longer and paler [than in KHngelmanni)j, the 
bark thick, crooked, and greyish ; leaves of 
seedlings somewhat denticulate” (Engel- 
mann). A tall tree. Syn. P. Parryana. 
PICOTEE. ‘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 : 
Red-edged. Dr. ABERCROMBIE (Fellowes), 
broad edge of deep red, on pure white 
ground ; Mrs. FULLER, broad red edge, on 
good white ground; WILLIAM SUMMERS 
(Simonite), a good old variety, with medium 
heavy edge. 
Purple-edged. Baroness BURDETT-CouTtTs 
(Payne), medium. purple edge, glistening 
white ground; JULIETTE (Fellowes), me- 
dium-edged purple, with broad, well-formed 
petals; Mr. Turron (Payne), light edge, 
very pure white ground, neat; PRINCESS 
DaGMAR (Batten), broad margin of full 
purple, pure white ground. 
Rose and Scarlet-edged. Ducuess (Fel- 
lowes), light rose edge, good form, very 
large and full; Favourite (Liddington), 
very large, with broad, smooth petals, the 
best light rose-edged Picotee ; Mrs. SHARPE 
(Sharpe), a heavy-edged rose, of fine quality, 
the white very pure ; ORLANDO (Fellowes), 
well-defined light rose edge, good white 
petals, large. 
Yellow and Buff Ground. AGNrs CHAm- 
BERS (Douglas), clear yellow, lightly edged 
pinkish-red, large and full; ALICE WAITE 
(Turner), pale yellow, light edge of crimson, 
well-formed ; ALMIRA (Douglas), bright yel- 
low, flaked on the edge with pink, very large 
and full; ANNIE DOUGLAS (Douglas), full 
yellow, heavily edged rose, superb form ; 
BRIGHT STAR (Turner), clear yellow, edged 
crimson ; BULLION (Turner), bright yellow, 
margined red ; COLONIAL BEAUTY (Douglas), 
buff, heavily edged pink, large and full; 
Dororuy (Douglas), bright buff, large, well- 
formed petals, edged and lightly flaked 
reddish-pink; NE PLus ULTRA (Turner), 
light red edge, large, full, and well-formed ; 
PRINCESS BEATRICE(Turner), petals narrowly 
edged crimson, broad and well-formed ; 
PRINCESS MARGUERITE, large, well-formed 
flower, narrowly edged reddish-crimson ; TERRA-COTTA (Douglas), 
terra-cotta, beautifully edged reddish-pink, large, full-formed. 
PICRIDIUM (from Picris, and eidos, resemblance ; in 
allusion to its affinity with Picris). Syn. Reichardia. 
Orv. Composite. Ten species have been referred to this 
genus, bat not more than five or six are distinct as such: 
they are hardy, glabrous, annual or perennial herbs, 
natives of South Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia. 
Flower-heads yellow, long-pedunculate, homogamons; in- 
volucre campanulate, the bracts in several series; florets 
ligulate, five-toothed at apex. Leaves radical or alternate, 
toothed or pinnatifid. P. tingitanuwm, probably the only 
species in cultivation, is a perennial. It thrives in any 
fairly good garden soil, and may be increased by divisions. 
P. tingitanum (Tangier). /.-heads on squamose peduncles ; 
outer involucral bracts squarrose. July. J. all runcinate- 
pinnatifid, semi-amplexicaul, denticulate. Stems branched. 
h, 14ft. Tangier, &c. 
PIERIS. To the species deseribed on pp. 124-5, 
Vol. III., the following variety should now be added: 
P. japonica elegantissima (most elegant). This garden 
variety only differs from the type in having the leaves prettily 
margined with white. SyN. Andromeda japonica variegata. 
PIGAFETTA. ‘This genus is named in honour of 
Ant. Pigafetta, an Italian, who accompanied Magellan 
in his voyage round the world (1519-22), and wrote an 
account of it. 
