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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Picotee continued. 



defined, when properly grown under glass, but, for ordi- 

 nary purposes, the plants succeed admirably in the open 

 air. Subjoined is a selection of Picotees from the several 

 divisions. For details of culture, see Carnation. 



FIG. 147. PICOTEE. 



Heavy Purple-edged. ADMIRATION (Turner), JESSIE (Turner), 

 LIZZIE TOMES (Dodwell), MRS. A. CHANCELLOR (Turner), MRS 

 SUMMERS (Simonite), MURIEL (Hewitt), NOVELTY (Matthews), 

 Picco (Jackson), RKDBRAES, HIVAL PURPLE (Hooper), TINNIE 

 (Dodwell), ZERLINA (Lord). 



Heavy Red-edged. DR. EPPS, ENSIGN (Fellowes), J. B. 

 BRYANT (Ingram), JOHN SMITH (Bower), LORD VALENTIA (Kirt- 

 landX LOTHAIR (Fellowes), Miss SMALL (Fellowes), MRS. BROWN 

 (Payne), MRS. DODWELL (Turner), PICTURATA (Fellowes), PRIN- 

 CESS OF WALES (Fellowes), ROBERT SCOTT (Flowdy). 



Heavy Rose-edged. CONSTANCE HERON (Fellowes), EDITH 

 DOMBRAIN (Turner), FANNY HELEN (Niven), LADY BOSTON 

 (Fellowes), LOUISA (Addis), Miss HORNER (Lord), MRS. PAYNE 

 (Fellowes), MRS. WEBB (Fellowes), ROYAL VISIT (Abercrombie). 

 ALICE (Lord), AMY ROBSART (Dodwell), 



(Lord) - 



(Kiowdy) - 



Rose-edged. DOROTHY (Fellowes), EMPRESS EUGENI 

 and), ESTKLLE (Fellowes), ETHEL (Fellowes), EVELY 



, 



PICOTIA. A. synonym of Ompkalodes (which see). 

 FICBADENIA. A synonym of Actinella. 

 PICBIA. A synonym of Coutoubea (which see). 



PICROPHL2EUM. A synonym of Pagraa (which 

 see). 



FICBOBHIZA (from pikros, bitter, and rhiza, a 

 root; in allusion to the bitterness of the root). O'RD. 

 ScrophularinecB. A monotypic genus, the species being 

 a hardy, perennial, glabrous or pilose herb, the thick root 

 of which is used in native Hindoo medicine. For culture, 

 see Wulfenia. 



P. Kurrooa (Kurroo, native name), fl. white or pale blue 

 disposed in clustered, terminal spikes, sessile in the axils of the 

 bracts; calyx five-parted, the segments loosely imbricated- 



Ficrorhiza continued. 



corolla shorter than the calyx, with four broad, entire, erecto- 

 patent lobes ; peduncles scape-like, many-flowered, 4in. to 6in. 

 high. August. Capsule nearly iin. long, acuminate. I. sub- 

 radical, oblong, crenate-serrate, Sin. to 4in. long, slightly 

 wrinkled, entire at base, and gradually narrowed into a short 

 petiole. Stem short. Himalayas, 1879. 



FICTETIA (named in honour of A. Pictet, 1752- 

 1825, a celebrated natural philosopher). OBD. Legu- 

 minosae. A genus comprising half-a-dozen very glabrous, 

 tropical American, ornamental, stove, evergreen shrubs. 

 Flowers yellow in the axils, racemose or rarely solitary; 

 two upper calyx lobes short, obtuse, the three lower 

 ones acuminate ; standard sub-orbiculate, keel obtuse. 

 Pods oblong or broad-linear, stipitate, compressed, inde- 

 hiscent. Leaves impari-pinnate ; leaflets three to many, 

 mncronate or pungent, entire, exstipellate ; stipules often 

 spinescent. The only two species in cultivation thrive 

 in a compost of loam and peat. Propagation may be 

 effected by cuttings, inserted in sand, under a glass, in 

 heat. 



P. aristata (awned). fl. , racemes loose, three to seven-flowered. 

 June and July. I. with seven to ten pairs of obovate-orbicular, 

 usually alternate leaflets, each leaflet ending in a long, straight, 

 spine-like mucrone, having the lateral nerves prominent ; stipules 

 spinose, spreading, h. 5ft. to 10ft. St. Domingo, 1816. SYN. 

 JEschynomene aristata. 



P. squamata (scaly), fl. on distant, elongated, nearly opposite 

 pedicels ; racemes loose, three to seven-flowered. June and July. 

 I., leaflets seven to ten pairs, each ending in a long, spine-like 

 mucrone ; stipules spinose, erect. Branchlets with imbricated 

 scales at their bases, h. 6ft. St. Thomas's Island, 1824. SYN. 

 Robinia squamata. 



PICTUS. Latin for Fainted (which see). 



PIDDINGTONIA. A synonym of Pratia (which 

 see). 



FIEBCEA. A synonym of Bivina (which see). 



FIEBIS (a name applied to the Muses, from their 

 supposed abode at Pieria, in Thessaly). OBD. Ericaceae. 

 A genus comprising about ten species of glabrous or 

 pubescent, mostly hardy trees or shrubs, natives of the 

 Himalayas, the Malayan Peninsula, Japan, and North- 

 west America. Flowers white, rarely red, disposed in 

 axillary or terminal, short or elongated racemes, shortly 

 pedicellate, bracteate, and one or two bracteolate; calyx 

 free, with five ovate, acute segments, persistent; corolla 

 ovoid or cylindrical-urceolate, five-toothed, the lobes re- 

 curved ; stamens ten, included. Leaves alternate, petio- 

 late, persistent, entire or serrulate. The species best 

 known to cultivation are described below. They require 

 culture similar to that recommended for Andromeda 

 (which see). 



P. floribunda (bundle-flowered).* fl. pure white, produced in 

 great abundance ; racemes secund, axillary and terminal, forming 

 panicles. April and May. I. ovate, oblong, acute, finely serru- 

 lated, adpressedly ciliated, glabrous, coriaceous, h. 2ft. to 6ft. 

 United States, 1812. Shrub. SYNS. Andromeda floribunda (B. M. 

 1566 and B. R. 807) and Leucothoe floribunda. 



P. formosa (beautiful).* fl. porcelain - white, disposed in 

 terminal, branching clusters. I. coriaceous, green, somewhat 

 bullate, lanceolate or oblanceolate, very finely serrated. 1881. A 

 very beautiful evergreen shrub, hardy in the southernmost parts 

 of England. '(G. C. n. B., xv. 569.) 



P. japonica (Japanese).* fl. white, urceolate, disposed in long, 

 pendulous clusters. I. rather thick, dark green, lanceolate. 

 Japan. Hardy shrub. (G. C. n. s., xvii. 797.) SYN. Andromeda 

 japonic* (B. H., 1871, 19 ; Gn., Nov., 1877). 



P. mariana (Maryland). <f. white, large, nodding, in clusters 

 from axillary, scaly buds ; sepals leaf-like. May and June. 

 I. deciduous, but rather coriaceous, oval or oblong, veiny, said to 

 poison lambs and calves, h. 2ft. to 4ft. North America, 1736. 

 Shrub. (B. M. 1759, under name of Andromeda mariana ovalis.) 



P. nitida (shining), fl. white, red, or purple, odorous ; corolla 

 cylindrical - ovate, gibbous at base; clusters axillary, very 

 numerous, six to twelve-flowered. March to May. I. ovate or 

 oblong, entire, shining. Branches three-angled, h. 2ft. to 6ft. 

 South United States, 1765. Evergreen shrub. (B. M. 1095, under 

 name of Andromeda coriacea.) 



P. ovalifolia (oval-leaved). /. pale flesh-colour ; corolla oblong, 

 downy ; pedicels unilateral, secund ; racemes lateral, numerous, 

 leafy, elongated, many-flowered. May. I. oval, acuminated. 



