TREES AND SHRUBS 



obtuse at apex, thin, shining pale brown, bract scales narrow, truncate, 

 irregularly bifid ; seeds small, wings thin, membranous. 



Leaves solitary, somewhat distichous, frequently alternate, slightly linear, 

 flat, obtuse, rarely acute, entire, smooth, dark shining green above, 2 white 

 glaucous bands beneath, short round foot-stalks. 



An evergreen tree, 80-100 ft. ; Branches numerous, irregularly spreading, 

 drooping at extremities ; branchlets slender, recurved ; Buds minute ; growth 

 slow. 



Native of Japan; introduced 1853. Syn. Abies Tsuga. Japanese name 

 Tsuga = Yew-leaved. 



ALCOCK SPRUCE, Picea akocMana. 



Parks, gardens. May. The species of Picea are propagated by cuttings 

 in sandy soil in cold frame, or in pots under bell-glass or handlight outdoors, 

 August or September ; layering of shoots or branches in autumn ; grafting 

 on Norway Spruce in INlarch ; seeds sown in sandy loam in temperature of 55° 

 in March, or outdoors in April. 



Flowers monoecious ; I^?-uit a cone, solitary or sub-aggregate, oblong-cylindri- 

 cal, obtuse both ends, 2 ins. long, scales oblong-ovate, loosely imbricated, 

 cartilaginous, margins denticulate, shining ; seeds small, cinnamon- coloured, wing 

 obovate, }j in. long. 



Leaves spirally arranged, linear-oblong, 4-sided, falcate, rigid, mucronate, 

 concave and deep green above, glaucous bands below, twisted at base, ^ in. long. 



An evergreen tree, 90-120 ft. ; pyramidal. 



Native of Japan ; introduced by Messrs. \^eitch, 1861. Named in compliment 

 to Sir Rutherford Alcock, British Minister at the Court of Yeddo, Japan. 



NORWAY SPRUCE FIR, Picea exceka. 



W^oods, parks, plantations. May. Prefers moist soil and cold situation. 



Floxvers moncjecious ; Males on long stalks, isolated in leaf axils, J in. long, 



divoo or sub-globose wlieti young ; Stamens red, pollen-sacs yellow, scales thin, 



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