156 PICEA 



Cones 2 to 3^ ins. long, i to i J ins. wide ; tapered from the middle to the 

 apex ; scales slightly toothed on "the margin. 



Native of Japan, where it is a valuable timber tree ; introduced by John 

 Gould Veitch in 1861. At first, owing to a mixing of the seeds, it was much 

 confused with P. hondoensis a more striking spruce with no stomata on the 

 uppermost surfaces, and belonging to the Omorika or flat-leaved section. So 

 far as I have seen, this spruce (named in honour of Sir Rutherford Alcock, 

 British Minister at Yedo at the time of its introduction) has little to recom- 

 mend it for British gardens generally. 



P. BREWERIANA, 6". Watson. BREWER'S WEEPING SPRUCE. 



A tree up to 100 ft. high in a wild state, the trunk 2 to 3 ft. in diameter, 

 the branches ultimately pendulous, with the final ramifications slender, whip- 

 like, and often 7 to 8 or even 12 ft. long, but no thicker than a lead pencil, 

 and hanging perpendicularly ; pyramidal and stiffly branched when young. 

 Leaves pointing forwards, and arranged about equally alj round the shoot, 

 ^ to I in. long, ^ to ^ in. wide, blunt at the apex, somewhat tapered at the 

 base ; one side dark glossy green without stomata, the other grey with 

 stomatic lines. Cones cylindrical-oval, about 3 ins. long, purple, the scales 

 rounded and entire at the margins. 



Native of the Siskiyou Mountains of California and Oregon, where it 

 occurs in comparatively small numbers in a few places at about 7000 ft. 

 altitude.; discovered by Mr T. Howell, the Californian botanist, in 1884. A 

 single plant was sent by Prof. Sargent in 1 897 to Kew, where it thrives very 

 well but grows slowly in height. As a small tree 6 ft. high, it gives not the 

 least indication of the remarkably pendulous habit it eventually assumes, 

 being a stiff, dense, very leafy bush. It has, however, an irregular mode of 

 branching quite different from the flat, whorled arrangement seen in the 

 branching of most spruces. The leaves are much more slender than in adult 

 specimens. A stock of seeds was imported in 1911. 



P. COMPLANATA, Masters. 



A species apparently allied to P. morindoides, but native of W. Szechuen, 

 China, where it was discovered about 1904 by Wilson. It belongs to the 

 Omorika group, distinguished by having no stomata on the uppermost side of 

 the leaves. Young shoots - pale, yellowish, not downy. Leaves arranged 

 mostly on and above the horizontal plane, a few standing out beneath, those 

 on the top somewhat appressed to the branch and pointing forward ; they 

 are needle-like, | to i^ ins. long, sharply bevelled off at the apex to a fine 

 point ; dark green on the exposed surface, blue-white with stomatic lines 

 beneath. Cones 4 to 5 ins. long, i ins. wide ; tapered towards the top and 

 bottom ; scales slightly jagged. These have not yet been ^ produced in 

 cultivation, and the plants we possess are quite small. It is difficult at 

 present to see how it differs from P. morindoides. Probably it is one of 

 numerous instances among West Chinese plants, which, whilst not the same 

 as their Himalayan congeners, yet scarcely differ enough to be specifically 

 distinct. 



P. ENGELMANNI, Engelmann. 



A tree 80 to 100, occasionally 150 ft. high, assuming as a young tree in 

 cultivation a pyramidal form, with slightly ascending branches ; young shoots 

 pale yellowish brown, clothed with stiff, erect down. Leaves with an 

 unpleasant odour when rubbed, arranged all round the twig, but thinly 

 beneath ; they are f to \\ ins. long, quadrangular, bluntish at the tips, 



