HORTUS VEITCH1I 



country, owing to absence of that excessive atmospheric humidity 

 prevalent in the districts the plant inhabits. 



In the Gardeners' Chronicle (I.e. supra) it is erroneously described 

 as the Alerze timber of the Chilians, a timber almost indestructible by 

 weather. 



PICEA AJANENSIS, Fischer. 



Syns. Abies ajanentis, Kent; A. micros per ma, Lindl. ; A. AlcocTciana, Hort. (in part.) 



Masters in Gard. Chron. 1880, vol. xiii. p. 115 ; id. vol. xiv. p. 427, figs. ; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 6743 ; Man. Con. 1900, ed. 2, p. 425. 



Picea ajanensis introduced in 1861 by the late John Gould Veitch from 

 Japan, was distributed under the name of Abies Alcockiana from the 

 unfortunate circumstance that the seed of both species came home mixed. 



One of the handsomest species, in May loaded with cones of the 

 brightest crimson. 



PICEA ALCOCKIANA, Carr. 



Syns. Abies Alcockiana, Veitch; VeitcTiia japonica, Lindl. 



Gard. Chron. 1880, vol. xiii. p. 212, fig. 43 (Picea) ; id. 1861, p. 23 (Abies) ; id. 1861, 

 p. 265 (Veitchia) ; Man. Con. 1900, ed. 2, p. 429. 



Named in honour of Sir Eutherford Alcock, one time British Minister 

 at Tokio, to whom the late John Gould Veitch, the discoverer, was 

 indebted on his travels in Japan. 



On Mount Fuji-yama, at an altitude of 6000-7000 ft., seed was saved 

 and sent home in 1860. 



Bare in British Pineta, and at one time frequently confused with 

 Picea ajanensis, the seed of the two species having been sent in one 

 consignment. 



The genus Veitchia, of Lindley, was founded on imperfect specimens of 

 two mutilated cones and a few seeds of this fir, sent by the late John 

 Gould Veitch, and in publishing a description of this supposed new genus 

 Lindley says: "We cannot do otherwise than associate with this 

 extraordinary genus the name of John Gould Veitch, its active and 

 intelligent discoverer, the introducer of so many fine trees previously 

 unknown in this country." 



PICEA POLITA, Carr. 



Syns. Abies polita, Sieb. & Zucc. 



Masters in Jour. Linn. Soc. vol. xviii. p. 507; Gard. Chron. 1880, vol. xiii. p. 233, 

 fig. 44 ; Man. Con. 1900, ed. 2, p. 446, fig. 



A native of Japan, found by the late John Gould Veitch in 1861. Bare 

 in its native isles and only as isolated specimens of a miserable aspect, it 

 is yet widely scattered over the mountainous districts from the extreme 

 south to the 38th parallel of the north latitude. 



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