THE GARDENERS' DICTIONARY AND 

 CULTURAL INSTRUCTOR 



AAB (Alnus glutinosa). See ALNUS. 

 AARON (Arum maculatum). See ARUM. 

 AARON'S BEARD (Hypericum calycinum and Saxi- 

 fraga sarmentosa). See HYPERICUM and SAXIFRAGA. 

 AARON'S ROD (Verbascum Thapsus). See VER- 



BASCUM. 



ABCHASIAN HELLEBORE. See HELLEBORUS 



ABCHASICUS. 



ABE LE TREE (Populus alba). See POPULUS. 



ABE'LIA. (After Dr. Abel, physician to the em- 

 bassa ^e of Lord Amherst to China. Nat. ord. Caprifoils 

 [Caprifoliacea?]. Linn. Sys. $-Pentandria i-Monogynia.) 

 Half-hardy evergreen shrubs ; may be turned out into 

 the borders in summer. Cuttings in summer, in light 

 turfy loam and peat, and layers in spring. 

 4 . chine'nsis. 5. Pink and white. September. China. 



1844. 

 ,, grandiflo'ra. Garden variety. Hardy. Rev. Hort., 



1886, p. 488. 



., floribu'nda (many-flowered). 3. Rosy-purple. Re- 

 quires a little peat March. Mexico. 1842. 

 rupe'stris (rock). See A. CHINENSIS. 

 spathula'ia. White. Japan. 1881. B. M. ( t. 6601. 

 trifto'ra (three-flowered). 5. Pale red. September. 



Hindostan. 



uniflo'ra (one-flowered). 3. China. 

 ABELMO'SCHUS. See HIBISCUS. 

 ABERRANT. Deviating from a typical form. 

 ABIES, Silver Fir. (From abeo, depart [from the 

 ground] : applied on account of the height that some of 

 the species attain.) Ord. CONIFER*. A widely dis- 

 tributed genus, chiefly from the Northern Hemisphere, 

 and growing farther north of Norway and Sweden than 

 any other timber trees. There is some confusion regard- 

 ing names, and they are by some authorities included 

 with Pinus. According to Humboldt, there is a line 

 across Norway and Sweden beyond which wheat cannot 

 be grown. Birch and Barley grow farther north, and 

 beyond this the Spruce Firs is the only woody vegetation. 

 For culture, see CONIFER.C. 

 A. ajane'sis. See PICE A AJANENSIS. 

 a'lba. See PICEA ALBA. 

 ., albertia'na. See TUSGA MERTENSIAXA. 

 alcoquia'na. See PICEA ALCOCKIA.VA. 

 ama'bilis. 180. April. N. California. 1831. G. C., 



1880, v. 14, p. 136. 

 aroma'tica. 100. Oregon. 

 ariton'ica (G. C., 1901, xxix. 86 ; 134, f. 52, 3). 



Coniferae. H. Arizona. (Henkel, Darmstadt.) 

 babore'nsis. See A. NUMIDICA. 

 balsa'mea. 45. May. N. Amer. 1696. Pin. Wob.. 



t. 37- Balm of Gilead. 

 columna'ris (M. D. G., 1903, 94). Conifers. H. 



(Diedorf Experiment Garden, Germany.) 

 hudso'nica. N. Amer. Syn. A. Fraseri hudsonica. 

 lulf'scens (M. D. G., 1903, 94). H. (Diedorf Ex- 

 periment Garden, Germany.) 

 bi'fida. Japan. 1861 ; a form of A. firma. 

 n brachyphy'lla. 120. Japan. 1879. G. C., 1879, 



V. 12, p. 556. 



bracUa'ta. 120. California. 1853. V. M. C., p. 90. 



A. brunonia'na. See TSUGA ERUNONIANA. 

 , canade'nsis. See TSUGA CANADENSIS. 

 , carolinia'na. See TSUGA CAROLINIANA. 

 , cephalo'nica. 60. Mountains of Greece. 1824. 



Syn. A. Regina-Amalicc. 

 , cili'cica. 40 to 60. Asia Minor. 

 , co'ncolor. Sotojiso. California. 1851. J.L. S., 22. 



p. 178. Syn. A. Parsonii. 

 au'rea (M. D. G., 1906, 144). Coniferae. H. 



C. Ansorge, Klein Flottbek, Hamburg. 

 brevifo'lia(M. D. G., 1906, 144). C. Ansorge, Klein 



Flottbek, Hamburg. 

 falca'ta (M. D. G., 1905, 212). Coniferae. H. 



W. F. Niemetz, Teinesvar, Hungary. 

 Delava'yi (G. C., 1906, xxxix. 212, f. 82). Western 



China. 



,. Dougla'sii. See PSEDDOTSUGA DOUGLASII. 

 ,, glau'ca. Hort. 

 dumo'sa. See TSUGA BRUNONIANA. 

 Ei'chleri. 100. Caucasus. 

 ., Engelma'nni and var. candidi'ssima. See PICEA 



ENGELMANNI. 



,, glau'ca. Glaucous spruce fir. 

 exce'lsa. See PICEA EXCELSA. 

 ,, attenua'ta. The thin-leaved spruce. 

 brevifo'lia. The short-leaved Norway spruce. 

 clanbrasilia'na. Lord Clanbrasil spruce. 

 e'legans. Knight's dwarf spruce. 

 eremi'ta. Syns. A. miniata, Picea excelsa eremita. 

 finedone'nsis. The Finedon spruce. 

 .t gregprya'na. Gregory's dwarf spruce. 

 horizonta'lis. The horizontal spruce. 

 Max'welli. Maxwell's dwarf spruce. 

 monstro'sa. Syn. P. excelsa, var. virgala. 

 ,, mucrona'ta. The spike-leaved spruce. 

 ,, muta'bilis (W. G., 1888, 107). H. Garden variety 



of Picea excelsa. 



parvifo'rmis. The minute spruce. 

 pu'mila. The low-growing spruce. 

 I Pygma'a. One of the dwarfest of firs. 

 ,, pyramida'lis. The pyramidal spruce. 

 stri'cta. The upright Clanbrasil spruce. 

 variega'ta. The variegated spruce. 

 ,, falca'ta. 35. Oregon. 

 Farge'sii (G. C., 1906, xxxix. 212, f. 83). Central and 



Western China ( J . Veitch & Sons.) 

 fi'rma. too. Mountains of Japan. V. M. C., p. 95. 



1801. Syn. A. bifHa. 

 Fortu'nei. See Keteleeria Fortune*. G. C., 1884, v. 



21, p. 348. 



,, Frase'ri. 30. May. Pennsylvania. 1811. 



hudso'nica. See A. BALSAM/EA. 



na'na. Dwarf. 



Gle'hni. See PICBA GLEHNII. 



gra'ndis. 170. May. New California. 1831. V. M. C., 



p. 97. 

 pe'ndula (M. D. G., 1896, 28). H. A weeping 



form, of garden origin. 

 ,, heterophy'lla. See TSUGA MERTERSIANA. 

 ,, homole'pis. Japan. 

 hookeria'na. Sir W. Hooker's spruce. See TSUGA 



PATTONIANA. 



,, insula'ris. See PINUS. 

 ,, iezoe'nsis. See KETELEERIA FORTUNEI. 

 Khu'trow. See PICEA MORINDA. 

 ,, lasiosca'rpa. British Columbia to Colorado. 



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