Pelee ser) PIS VENT 
TO THE 
DICTIONARY OF GARDENING 
Giving ParticuLArs OF ReEcENT INTRODUCTIONS AND THE MOST MODERN METHODS ox CULTIVATION, 
DISCOVERIES IN THE MarreR OF PLANT DISEASES AND Prsts, &c., 
AND ALL ELSE CONNECTED WITH THE ADVANCE OF THE SCIENCE OF HORTICULTURE. 
The following are the abbreviations used :—jl. flowers; fr. fruit; J. leaves; A. height; deg. degrees; 
rhiz. rhizomes; cau. caudex; sti. stipes; SYN. Synonym; ORD. Natural Order. 
The Asterisks (*) indicate plants that are especially good or distinct. 
ABAMA. A synonym of Narthecium (which see). 
ABELIA. This genus embraces about half-a-dozen 
species, natives of the Western Himalayas, China, Japan, 
and Mexico. To those described on p. 1, Vol. I, the 
following should be added : 
A. chinensis (Chinese).* The correct name of A. rupestris. os : 
gardens) ‘The garden variety grandiflora has large, pinkish- 
white flowers, and the whole plant is more vigorous than the 
type. It isa seedling of Italian origin. Syn. A. uniflora. 
A. ates (spathulate). 7. sessile, in pairs on a short, slender 
peduncle; corolla white, with yellow blotches on the throat, 
nearly lin. long. April. 7. about 2in. long, elliptic-lanceolate, 
obtusely acuminate, sinuate-toothed, glabrous above, pubescent 
beneath, edged purple. Japan, 1883. A free-flowering, much- 
branched, evergreen shrub. See Fig. 1. (B. M. 6601.) 
A. uniflora (one-flowered). (B. M. 4694; P. F. G. ii. 145.) A 
synonym of 4. chinensis. 
ABELICEA. A synonym of Zelkova (which see). 
ABELMOSCHUS. Included under Hibiscus (which 
see). 
ABENA. A synonym of Stachytarpheta (which 
see). 
ABIES. Syn. Picea (of Don). For park decoration the 
genus Abies affords some of the most striking examples to 
.be met with in the order Coniferz. All are hardy, but on 
account of the liability of some species and varieties to 
push their growth very early in the year, they not in- 
frequently get “cut.” Landscape gardeners get over this 
difficulty by planting such precocious kinds in more ex- 
posed positions than would be assigned those which are 
not so early to make a start. A. bracteata, A. cepha- 
lonica, and A. Webbiana are familiar examples of trees 
with the tendency just alluded to. Taken as a whole 
the members of this genus are best planted where they 
are sheltered from cutting winds and in a good loam and 
leaf, mould, with ample drainage. A moist position is 
best suited to some species, so long as the drainage is 
good, and especially so to A. brachyphylla. 
To the species described on pp. 1-2, Vol. I., the following 
should be added: 
A. Alcockiana (Alcock’s), of gardens, A synonym of Picea 
ajanensis. 
\ Fic. 1. ABELTA SPATHULATA. 
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