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PECAN 



Pecan, mostly selected wildlings, have been dignified by the 

 application of names more or less appropriate, during the past 

 ten years. In most instances these have been published with 

 but brief and imperfect descriptions which do not serve to 

 identify the varieties. As but a small proportion of them have 

 ever been propagated by other means than by seed, the future 

 production of nuts under ttiese names m;iy be expected to show 





suit in a confused 



,-e been tluis dignified 



with names it is very (loul 

 been offered by nurseries t 

 Of those that have been so 

 southern nurseries, the foil. 



PEDICULARIS 



Paragon (Fig. 1696. 0.— Introduced by Herbert Post, Fort 

 Worth, Texas. Long-obov.-itc. witti pyramidal apex, large, with 

 moderately thin shell. 'i,.!. in- \m II k. riiel plump, but with 

 rather deep convolution- ,;,:,i,. ^....d. 



Russell (Fig. 1696,;/ '' .... Springs, Miss. Intro- 



duced by Cbas. E. Pali^ " -; - Miss. Oval, pointed, 



medium to large in size, \v n h \ . i \ i Inn -hell and plump, bright 

 kernel; cracking quality t'.\ceileiit ; llavor delicate, quality very 

 good. Tree productive. 



San Saba (Fig. 1696. /i).— Origin, San Saba, Texas. Intro- 

 duced by E. E. Risien. San Saba, Texas. Nut cylindrical, small 

 to medium in si/r, with \»-ry tliin shell, fine cr.-icking quality, 

 very bright kmi, ! miil ,i. ]i.',-(t. ll;iv(-r Tlii- litrl, nut is of the 



highest quaiiM : -' ,i, - -, , i ,, ., ,n,i i.ni i,,, n ,]] size would 



be one of th 



Sovereign I , ' '' _ - - I i- A seed- 



M- :j'4 X j-i iiiciies in circumference, 



■ syus.. Mammoth, Rome, Pride of 



' (''invent. La., and disseminated un- 



. I tT.. rent nurseries. Large, cylindrical, 

 I Tiii.l<iie and tapering at apex, which is 



shell moderately thin; of good cracking 

 Ivor. Tree reported to be vigorous, but 

 md yielding nuts varying greatly in size 



trodueeil t.v ' i ■ ' !'■■ C', I .'. 

 of the hiiL-. 



alittlec'ir.-":n, l„.r.. ,„.,.,.■,■ 

 cellent. Tree Ihiill.v and in 

 Jewell ( Fi'j. 1690, d).— lut i 

 Ocean Springs. Miss. Ver>' 

 usually rather angular; si 

 easily from kernel, which 



nistricted and 

 ness, parting 

 well; quality 



prings. Miss. Dissemi- 

 Pabst, Ocean Springs. Miss. Cylindrical, 

 moderately large; shell medium, p.arting well; kernel plump, 

 bright and of excellent quality. Tree vigoi ' >---.-- 



Stuart (Fig. 1696, j).— Origin. Pascagouli 

 by the late W. R. Stuart. O.ean Si.!-ini;s, 

 large to very Inr^rr- ^^.^l.'tc.i it 

 shell moder;iT. K t hm ,i .,,1. n 

 quality good I 



Miss. Introduced 

 liss. Cylindrnjal, 



ng 35 to the pound; 



«'»od: kernel plump, 



'1 by the late W. R. 



i-' -I.I- -^ I' i .A'l 1 M.in southern 



.i..i.ui,.-i H,..ui .-..ui.i.ii, li.u,..is. bothevl- 

 eii U. Pecan and H. laciniosa. Neither 

 nilar character give promise of immediate 



I I til tailed descriptions of varieties and fuUerdiscus- 

 sicni of Pecan, see Eept. on Nut Culture, Div. of Pom. 

 U. S. Dept. of Agr., pp. 49-«4, PI. i, 8, 9, Fuller's Nut 

 Culturist, chapter on Hickory Nuts, pp. 147-2(12; Kept. 

 Mo. Bot. Garden 7, pp. 28-42, PI. 1-23. See Hicnria. 

 Wm. a. Taylor. 

 FEDICULABIS (Latin, loxtse; long supposed to breed 

 ice in sheep that fed on these plants). Scrophnhir- 

 idcece. Lousewobt. About 125 species of herbs, mostly 

 natives of the northern hemisphere.with terminal spikes 

 of yellow, reddish purple or white fls. The few kinds 

 cult, in hardy borders are chiefly esteemed for the 

 beauty of their fine-cut foliage. A good many species 

 have been tried, but they seem to be short-lived and 

 it is conjectured that their roots are more or less para- 

 sitic on other plants. A few are annuals or biennials, 

 but the great majority, including those described below, 

 are perennials. They are procurable from dealers in 

 native plants. P. Canadensis seems to be the only 

 .\merican species cult, in European gardens. A good 

 plant of it has 6-8 fls., each % in. long, in a spike 1% in. 

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



Generic characters: Ivs. alternate m- \\h..il.<i. inf.ly 

 subopposite, 1-raany times pinnat(l\ i ly 



merely dentate: calj-x anteriorly cnr, .'.- 



toothed; corolla 2-lipped, the upper on, r _m:.:i vhIi 

 or without a long beak: staraens4,didynain(>iis; cajisule 

 ovate or lanceolate, oblique: seeds usually few. 

 A. Galea {upper lip of the corolla) with a lonq beak 

 (Vain. long). 



ht I ft.: Ivs. undivided, mi- 

 ite: fls. white; beak circinate- 

 he lower lip. Colo, to Brit. Col. 

 rjt short beak or none. 

 . longer than the fls. 



racembsa, Dougl, 



prdcera, 



pinnately 

 iowish aud 



1697. Pedicularis procera (XK) 



- !'■'.. Robust, IK^ ft. high: Ivs. 

 , ... i.-l.> in. long: fls. sordid yel- 

 i .ui.iu . Mts. of Colo, and NewMex. 

 BB. Bract.'i shorter than the fls. 

 c. Capsule ovate, scarcely longer than the calyr. 

 lanceol&ta, Michx. Swamp Loi-sewort. Glabrous or 

 nearly so. 1-3 ft. high: Ivs. alternate and opposite, pin- 

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

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

 3:185. 



cc. Capsule lanceolate, three times as long as the calyx. 



Canadensis, Linn. Wood Betonv. The common 



American Lousewort. usually more or less hairy: stems 



