204 TREES AND SHRUBS 



of, 15 feet in height with a head 12 feet through, is 

 at Saltram. 



PIERIS FORMOSA. Himalayas. This so-called 

 Andromeda is widely met with. The finest example 

 is at Pentillie Castle, and is 20 feet in height with 

 a spread of 30 feet. When this is white with its 

 clustering flower-sprays it is a lovely sight. 



PIMELEA DECUSSATA Australia. An evergreen 



shrub, bearing rose-red, globular flower-heads at the 

 extremities of the branches. Tresco. 



PINUS 'MONTEZUM^:. Mexico. A noble and dis- 

 tinct Pine, good specimens of which are at Tregothnan 

 and Menabilly, where it has fruited. 



PIPTANTHUS NEPALENSIS. Nepaul. An evergreen 

 shrub, bearing numbers of bright-yellow laburnum- 

 like flowers. It seems indifferent to soil, and may 

 be seen flourishing under adverse circumstances. 

 Common. 



PLAGIANTHUS BETULINUS. New Zealand. Ribbon 

 tree. Bears small white flowers in clusters. A 

 splendid example 50 feet in height is at Abbots- 

 bury. 



PlTTOSPORUM. New Zealand. Evergreen shrubs. 

 P. Mayi, at Tregothnan, is about 30 feet in height ; 

 while we have seen P. bicolor over 20 feet, and many 

 fine examples of P. undnlatum, P. tenuifolium, of which 

 last a hedge has been made at Falmouth, and other 

 species. All bear their little flowers in profusion in 

 the south-west. The Japanese P. Tobira is a hardy 

 shrub, bearing spreading flower-heads of fragrant 

 white blossom. 



