1406 



the cherries. Tlie Vladiniirs h« 

 proilui'tive in tliis coiiiiliv. Tl 

 be sensitive to n.l.l iiii.l n .:, ,i|. 

 recognized teiuliT i\ i . -. ^i , „ . 



are hardy, the inir.i.lm i i i ii 



tlie area of conim.-r.ial .1 

 fnrtlier north timii tliu i. ; i.itH 

 prolllftble 



Plu 



I'lie 



iiteriull 



fron 



POPE'S HEAD 



111.. Ill I.Niii. Ilii« vMi.., i„U.|iled by the 

 jgicul Sociuly iu ibbj. jqhn Craig. 



Lily. Nuphur 



iibard 



Early Ked, Jluldiivkiwuid .Men.nkii, all ol 

 type. See Figs. ISfili-S. 



Pears. — These are hardy handsome trees, but none 

 bear fruit of j;<.ud ,n..ility. Wlur.. l.liKhi i« pivv.dent 



they nri' . ^In liM Iv n .■, |,I il.l , ,., 1,11, n i,i,i Ju i , >! l.y cx- 



liiirdii'Ni -I 111- I'll M' ' I ■- :i .1 ■ 1 ■■ ■ il- 



etkii 



Apri,;,ls v.vr,' hniiiL-lit l„ Xrlini 



RUSsiMIl Mrl ,11, , ;,1 I Hv, l,IV 



few dl' II I ■■ I ,'i , :i,'ii 



retaiiir.l ,,, 1 1,, i • •, , h , .-i ii,, \\ 



il"H^^','" " -^ I \'<-.. lli"ll 



sold as fniil i.variii^' j. hints by i-ni- 

 their use to the fruit-grower sh,,, 

 hedging and the formation of wii,,! 

 purposes they are valuable in llic i 

 orous regions. 



y'tdc/Ks.- So-called hardy Russio 

 but they really belong to lioliara 

 peaches of the Baltic provinces do i 

 from the ordinary l^ersian strain in 



The introduction of the Russian fruits has given 

 hardy types from which to breed varieties for northe 

 latitudes. In Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin this wo 

 is under wuv. SiMilliMi;s iind hybrids are appear! 

 each ynir. \\lii,h iii.iv I n^-hlrred valuable additio 



1 peaches are sold, 

 r Turliestan. The 

 Dt differ essentially 

 form or hardiness. 



written m, Iv'iis.i'in |.,.,n,,l 

 Krasno (Ibisuv, IHIH, the 

 the Imperial Botanic (Jai 

 The latter is called "Ru! 



i 1.-. appear to have been 



i:-\ up to 18(!H, one by Nicolui 

 thor by Dr. Kegel, director of 

 liens, St. Petersburg, i 

 skaya Pomologaya." 



IHfJK. 



PONTEDfiRIA ((I. I'liiiledera was an Italian botanist, 



Ii;h,s-17.^7 1. J'oiil,il,rni<;ir. According to Engler (DC. 

 iMonof,'!-, I'hiiner. ■i. y. Ml) there are two species of 

 I'linteileriii. J', rorihitu, with several varieties, occurs 

 in botli North and South America; P. rotundi folia is 

 native from Nicaragua to Argentina. Perennial herbs 

 of hogs and ponds, with strong horizontal roolsincks, 

 short spikes of showy blue llnwers and mostly i-nrilale- 

 oblong or ovate mostly sliiiiiTi;; Inms. 'I'h. N,.rili 



American F. cord&ta, Linn.. V i.i i W , i i, , 11^- l'iii,-,i, 



is common east of the Plains ,,Li,iii ,,ii il,., I,, r- ..f 



ponds and along the mar(,'iiis ,,1 sl,,^^ ■i,,:mii Ii is a 



vhat 



ippeii, witn n iHi,;n 

 ailing lobes, the middle upper Ini,, \, I 

 le base inside; stamens C, trimnr]ili,.ii ; 

 i-nles, 2 of which develop no se. ,1 ii 

 ■le. Pontederlas are well worth culiixn 

 lens and shallow ponds, and P. nmlnl^ 

 by dealers in native plants. It thri 

 vater 10-12 in. deep. It transplants 



xVT" \ Propagated mnstly bv division. It 



XT V Iiortll as Nun M S,-:.ll:; ,,,,,, 1 Minn.-^,,! 



^%^ trv. B.M. 11 « 1 !■ M.,- . 



^^^ ;):•!:!«. For /• • ., , , .. / 



PONTHlfiVA glandulfisa is a West Indian terrestrial 

 rcbidwitb small greenish llowers. It was advertised in 

 8H1 bv K. (iilletl, of Soutlnviek, Mass., but it is prob- 

 blv not barilv North, and does not appear to be in the 

 rnilo now. It is figured in B.M. 842 as Neottia yUnid- 



POOR MAN'S WEATHER GLASS. 



tains a description of 225 varieties of apples, nearly 

 all of Russian origin. A wood-cut of each appears, in 

 addition to 114 colored plates, (libb calls it "a grand, 

 good fundamental Hurk." American literature on Rus- 



POOR ROBIN'S PLANTAIN. Kyi,,r 

 POP CORN. See Com. 



POPE'S HEAD. Meloractus 



