Pecan, mostly selected wildlings, have been dieuified by tlic 

 application of nam^s more or less appropriate, during the past 

 ten years. In most inst;LiK-os tlu'st> have been publisheil with 



nomenelature win 

 ine. Out of m-M. 

 >vith names it i- 



adaptaliility t^ ,.1 irr ,-, 



nated. The prict? of tree- 



for one- or two-year-old 1 



Century {Fig. 1696. a). 



troduced by th 

 of the largest ; 

 ing slightly; si 



li I i.'i, ■ ■ ■! !■■ IhTbeit Post. Fort 

 111- 1 . ,j;, >ot brought to no- 

 ■^ -' , . : 1 n;ilMs in circumference, 



sj'us., Mammoth, Rome, Pride of 

 Convent, La., and disseminated un- 

 ■<>rent nurseries. Large, cylindrical, 

 ilU' ati.i tiMXTing at apex, which is 



I "■!■ titrN linn; of good Cracking 



I . : I : iM 1)6 vigorous, but 



! I , iiii: greatly in size 



I little c 

 cellent. Treethrii'iv ;,ii.l pi .m! un (\ ,■ 



Jewett {Fie;, ir.iitl. rfi.— Intr.Hbieed by the luto W. 

 Ocean Springs, Miss. Very large, oblong, often c 

 usually rather angular; shell of medium thickness, parting 

 easily from kernel, vrhieh does not always fill well; quality 

 very good. 



sliell and full kernel uf Tine Quality. A new variety of much 



Stuart (Fig. lG96,j).— Origin. Pascagoula, Miss. Introduced 

 by the late W. R. Stuart, Ocean Sprin{?s, Mi-^s. Cylindrical, 

 larse to very laru"^. .^<-ierte.l nuts running 3.t to the pound; 



plun 



'/ I - :■ III 111 hybrids of the Pecan with other 



[11 III I I 11 hrought to notice, the most con- 



-|| I 1 , \l < i.;:-,icr (syn.. Floyd) from southern 



II III I I ii.Mi ■ from southern Illinois, both evi- 



I I ' uiM-ii II. Pecan and H. laciniosa. Neither 



I 1 1 similar character give promise of immediate 



I i.iii.ii irscriptions of varieties and fuller discus- 



M..I. ..i l'.r.aii. ^fi- Kept, on Nut Culture, Div. of Pom. 

 V. S. Dept. of Agr., pp. 49-64, PI. 4, 8, 9, Puller's Nut 

 Culturist, chajiter on Hickory Nuts, pp. 147-202; Kept. 

 Mo. Bot. Garden ',-['"'' 



PEDICULAEIS ( L; 



lice in slu'cii iIkiI, f, 



of till 



sitie on other plants. A few -irr ;ninii;(ls ur bieniihils. 

 but the great majority, ini-lu.liii- tlin-.c di v.-T-ihed below, 

 are perennials. They arc' ].riH-unililc fnun dealers in 

 native plants. P. Canadtnxis seems to be the only 

 American species cult, in European gardens. A good 

 plant of it has C-8 fls., each J-4-in. long, in a spike VA in. 

 long, which becomes 5-8 in. long in fruit. 



subopposite, l-m,-iiiv liiiir^ |.iiiiNiirly .li\i.l.i.l, rnrrly 

 merely dentate: c'ltx-x ;iiitrri.ifly cut, v;irMHi^l\- L'-.'i- 

 toothed; corolla L'-iipiMil. liir u|.|m r omi (..i- ^ali-ii) with 

 or without a long bviak ; .staiiiuiis 4, didynunious; capsule 

 ovate or lanceolate, oblique: seeds usually few. 

 A. GaUa (upper Up of the corolla) with a Inny beak 

 {}4in. long). 

 racemdaa, Dougl. Height 1 ft.: Ivs. undivided, mi- 

 nutely and doubly crenulate: tls. white; beak circinate- 

 incurved.nearlyreachingthelowerlip. Colo. to Brit. Col. 

 AA. Galea irith verij sltnrt Ijeak or none. 



B. Braelx luo.slhl l.nnj, r III, III III,' fl.1. 



prboera, Gray. l'\i:. ninT, K'.ihnvi, i '.. I ft. high: Ivs. 

 pinnately divided; .^piki li !,"> in. Icm^': lU, sordid yel- 

 lowish and greenish stn.ite. .-Mts. ,.f C.lo.Mtid NewMcx. 

 BB. BracLi shorter than the flu. 

 0. Capsule ovate, searcely longer than the call/.!-. 

 lanceolitta, Michx. Swamp Lousewort. Glabrous or 

 nearly so, l-.S ft. high: Ivs. alteniate and opposite, pin- 

 nately lobed, upper ones sessile: fls. yellow. Aug.-Oct. 

 Swamps, Conn, to Manitoba; south, Ohio to Neb. B.H. 



1697. Pcdicula 



ule lanceolate, three times as long as the cah/j-. 

 Linn. Wood Betony. The common 

 ewort, usually more or less hairy: stems 



