HARDY CONIFEROUS TREES iii 



seen is nearly 50 feet high, and growing at Ochter- 

 tyre, in Scotland. Also known as P. Alcockiana. 



The collections of coniferous trees at Ochter- 

 tyre, Murthly Castle, and several other estates 

 in Perthshire are particularly rich ; while the 

 individual specimens have a more robust and 

 healthy appearance than I have noticed in almost 

 any other part of the British Isles. P. ajanensis 

 micro sperma is a distinct variety. It is doubtful 

 whether the true P. ajanensis is in cultivation. 



P. Maximowiczii, Regel. (Synonym : Abies 

 Maximowiczii, Hort.) — This is a dull and un- 

 attractive species, and one that has not succeeded 

 weU generally in this country. The branches are 

 short and stout, the leaves four-sided, half an inch 

 long, stiff and sharp-pointed, spreading almost at 

 right angles to the stem, and of a uniformly dull 

 green colour. The cinnamon tint of the young 

 shoots is pleasing. 



P. MoRiNDA, Link. (Synonyms : Pinus Smith- 

 iana, Lambert; Picea Smithiana, Boissier; Pinus 

 Khutrow, Royle ; Abies Khutrow, Loudon ; A. 

 Smithiana, Forbes.) Himala3^as from west to 

 east. 1818. — As a handsome tree this beautiful 

 spruce undoubtedly stands in the front rank, while 

 its hardihood, rapidity of growth, and ease of 

 culture even claim for it from planters a greater 

 share of attention than it has yet received. The 

 gracefully pyramidal habit of the tree is rendered 

 strikingly beautiful by the slender terminal and 

 lateral branches, which hang down free and easy 

 for often fully a yard in length. The horizontal 

 branches are well supplied with branchlets, which 

 are slender and drooping, and furnished with 



