PRITCHARDIA 



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aiicl liis t;n-ut i-mri;\ . lli- w;is i.-i.mii'i't((l witU the Amen- 

 Ciiu Institute, National Pomological Society, Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society ami many other important or- 

 ganizations, in whose transactions he took a prominent 

 part. In 1830 he wrote, with the assistance of his father, 

 the "Treatise on the Vine," a work of high importance. 

 In 1831 he issued the "Pomological Manual" in two vol- 

 umes, an important treatise on all fruits except apples. 

 In 1846 he published the "Manual of Roses." In his 

 later days Mr. Prince received the honorary degrees of 

 M.D. and LL.D. 



When a boy he was sent for a year to Canada in order 

 to become prolicient in Freufh, as there were then no 

 schools of languages in N.w Yc.rk, and the European 

 correspondence was an iui[H. riant feature in the horti- 

 cultural business. In ins .■ari\ manhood he botanized 

 thrniiKh the .-ntirr In,.. ..f All^nlir States in eoiupany 



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burias, Mt. Atlas cedars, paulownias and purple beeches 

 are to be found to-day in the grounds of the Prince 

 homestead, together with many other unique specimens. 

 When the disease of the Irish potato caused a fear that 

 it would have to be replaced by some other vegetable, 

 he imported the Chinese yam or potato {Uioscorea Ba- 

 tatas), paying $600 for the tubers contained in the first 

 consignment, — a consignment which could be placed in 

 a small box. About the same time he introduced sor- 

 ghum, or Chinese sugar cane. He was unwearied in his 

 endeavors to promote silk culture in the United States. 

 He imported not only the silkworms but the mulberry 

 trees to feed them, and built a large cocoonery for their 

 accommodation. He had vast plantations of mulberries 

 in different places. He was offered $100,000 for the one 

 near Norfolk, Va. It is a curious circumstance, illus- 

 trating the general interest in mulberry culture at that 

 time, that cuttings of the Morns multicaulis were used 

 as currency in all the stores in the vicinity of Flushing, 

 passing current everywhere at the rate of 12K cents 

 each. Mr. Prince's familiarity with the French lan- 

 guage greatly facilitated his intercourse with European 

 horticulturists, and he was in constant communication 

 with French, Belgian, Dutch and German nurseries. 



At the time of his marriage he purchased additional 

 property adjoining the nursery of his father, and sub- 

 sequently added three other large areas to the nursery 

 establishment. He was always more of a horticulturist 

 and botanist than business man, and, as in his father's 

 days, the Linnean Botanic Nursery continued to be 

 cel'ebrated for its great variety of vegetable life rather 

 than a commercial establishment. He was a vigorous 

 and prolific writer, and down to the time of his death 

 ■was a constant contributor to horticultural literature. 

 L. B. Prince. 



PBINCE ED'WARD ISLAND. See Canada. 



PSINCE'S FEATHER. AmaraiilliKS and Celosia. 



PBlNOS. See Ilex. 



PEIdNIUM (Greek, saw; referring to leaves, which 

 are sword-shaped, with serrate edges). JiiiicAcew. A 

 genus of one species, a tender aquatic plant from S. 

 Africa, where it grows in great masses in running water. 

 This is one of the few plants of the rush family having 

 the Ivs. crowded at the top of an erect, woody stem 5-6 

 ft. high. Generic characters: ovary sessile, globose, 

 3-celled : ovules axile, usually 2 in a cell : stigmas .f, 

 sessile, spreading: capsule rigid, 3-valved; seeds usu- 

 ally only 1 in each cell. For further description, see 

 Flora Capensis 7:28. This plant may be grown in a pot 

 placed in a pan of water, and, if desired, may be planted 

 out for the summer in a wet position. 



Palmit 



B.M. 



'.. Mey. Stem stout, often forked, 2^ in. 



. reaching a length of 5-6 ft.: Ivs. linear, 



>ns. 3-4 ft. long, in dense rosette at summit 



l.irescence a large, dense, terminal panicle 



iuncle: perianth and bracts Ys in. long. 



F. Vf. Barclay. 



PRITCHABDIA (W. T. Pritchard, British consul at 



Fiji in 1860). PahnAeeir. Nine species of spineless fan 



palms from small isjamls of tlie Sontii Pa.<jtic. True 



Prit.'liav^iia-. a nii.iL.' t., Wni. Wal-.n. .lilLr from all 



other Ian l.'a\ .il palm- in tli.- l^aan .i| I li. Ma.lr. which 



iscun.^a..- 1 illliM': Til,, h,. ar. al-... v.a , , ally soft 



and J.liaut Tin- li.-M .if il,,. ^-nns. lirnhaMx . is P. Pa- 

 cifiea. which is remarkable for its fibrous, fluffy leaf- 

 stalks. Pritchardia is allied to several genera mentioned 

 under Licuala (which see), being distinguished as fol- 

 lows: ovary .'i-coriiered ur .'Mnbed, narrowed into a 

 strmii; -'.I. 'a,,..i;a ai;li [iii-i.i.ni tube and decidu- 

 ous -. I The genus was 

 ni..n.._ I ' . ■ -I I . M.I. 3 (i890). The 



hesi iM.t.M.,, uial , inai .,1 \Vm. Watson in 



G.l'. 111. l..:.;:.J (.'bii.;,. Ih. ,>|H.n - m the supplemen- 

 tary list below are very iuipurfectly known. 



A. Fr. Hack-purple, globose, 6 lines thick. 

 PaoiHoa, Seem. & Wendl. Fig. 1901. Trunk attain- 

 ing 30 ft. high, 10-12 in. thick, straight, smooth: Ivs. 

 4% ft. long, 3/4 ft. wide, densely covered when young 

 with whitish brown tomentum, finally glabrous ; seg- 

 ments about 90 ; petiole 3'i; ft. long. Samoa, Fiji. 

 I.H. 21:161. F.S. 22:2262. -Tlie illustration (Fig. 1961) 

 is adapted from Martins. 



AA. Fr. ytlhnr :,■ r,,l. !' Ii„rs thick. 

 Gaudichatldii, H. Wemll. i /'. mm-rocdrpa, Linden). 

 Trunk 20 ft. high, 1 ft. thick: Ivs. roundish, 3-4 ft, 

 long, covered beneath with pale brown matted wool, 

 slit for about 1 ft. into about 60 segments; petioles 2-3 

 ft. long. Hawaiian Islands. I.H. 26:352. 



1961. Pritchardia Pacifica. 

 AAA. Fr. greenish, globose, 15-20 lines thick. 

 H&rtii, H. Wendl. Trunk generally not exceeding 

 5-6 ft., but as thick as in P. Gaiidachaudii: Ivs. glabrous 

 and glaucous below, not woolly; segments about 40, not 

 as deep; petioles longer. Hawaiian Isl. — Cult, in S. 

 Calif. 



