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not of sufficiently pronounced difference to call 

 further attention to here. 



Note 3. — We are told now that two forms of Bicolor 

 exist, or have been tried, in England ; one has main 

 twig pubescent and lateral leaves smooth, the other 

 is glabrous in both. 



P. Maximowiczii, Glehnii, Orientalis, Obovata, 

 are all of them short-leaved Spruces bearing some 

 resemblances. It will be seen that we are discussing 

 them more from the point of view of certain outward 

 observances than in strict accordance with their 

 group systems. 



There is little call to prate on trees of which so little 

 is to be seen as the P. Maximowiczii and Glehnii. 

 The former belongs to the glabrous, the latter to the 

 pubescent in the furrow division. Both hail from 

 Japan, and the Maximowiczii seems even to be a 

 rara avis in the path of the Japanese botanists in 

 search after it on its native soil. It has short leaves, 

 resinous buds, reddish gla,brous branchlets. These 

 are some of the descriptions it will be called to make 

 good to the identifying investigators. It seems to 

 have claimed for it various relationships to various 

 Spruces — Obovata, Bicolor, Polita — by various 

 authorities in various countries and localities. The 

 Japanese regard it as a diminutive edition, or a 

 strong-family-likenessed little daughter of the Polita. 

 They call it Hime-Bara-Momi, the daughter of the 

 Bara-Momi, the vernacular name for Polita, signifying 

 a sharp-leaved tree. 



P. Glehnii. — Should anyone come across some 

 of the very few young specimens that are being tried 

 with us, we would emphasize a few points for his 

 particular attention. The branchlets are reddish and 

 pubescent in furrow as stated. Its buds are like the 



