400 THE CULTIVATED EVERGREENS 



Peruvian Mastic-Tree. See Schinus MoUe. 

 2BT Phsedranthus buccinatorius (Bignonia Cherere. B. Kerere, Hort.). Tendril- 

 climbing vine. Mex. Cult. Calif. 

 2BT Philadelphus mexicanus (P. guatemalensis). Shrub to 6 ft. Mex. and probably 



Guatemala. Cult. Calif. 

 2B Phillyrea angustifolia. Spreading shrub to 15 ft. Medit. region. Cult. South. 



2B Phillyrea decora (P. laurifolia). Shrub to 10 ft. W. Asia. S. Eu.. N. Afr. Cult. 



South and Calif. 

 2B Phillyrea latifolia. Shrub to 10 ft. S. Eu., N. Afr. Cult. South and Calif. 



2B Phillyrea media (P. latifolia var. media). Spreading shrub to 20 ft. Hardiest 



of all. Medit. region. 

 2BT PhcBnix canariensis, Hort. (P. tenuis). Tall palm. Canary Isls. Cult. Fla. 



and Calif. 

 2RT PhcenL\dactylifera(P.cycadifolia, Hort.). Date Palm. Tree to 100 ft Arabia. 



N. Afr. Alkali resistant. Cult. Fla. and Calif. 

 2BT Phoenix humilis. Sts. short. Hilly districts of India. Safer in shade. 

 2BT Phoenix reclinata (P. leonensis. P. zanzibarensis, Hort.). Stem to 25 ft. or 



more. Trop. S. Afr. Cult. Fla. 

 2BT Phoenix Roebelenii. Dwarf Date Palm. China. Safer in shade. Cult. Fla. 



and Calif. 

 2BT Phoenix rupicola (P. cycadifolia). Sikkim, Himalaya. Cult. Fla. and Cahf. 

 2BT Phoenix sylvestris. Tree 25-40 ft. India. Cult. Fla. and Calif. 

 2B Phoradendron flavescens (Viscum flavescens). American Mistletoe. Dense 



bushy growth, parasitic on deciduous trees. N. J. and S. Ind. to Fla. and 

 Tex.; also Calif. 

 Photinia arbutifolia. See Heteromeles arbutifolia. 

 2B Photinia glabra (Heteromeles, Crataegus and Sorbus glabra). Shrub to 8 ft. 



China and Japan. Cult. N. W. Coast. 

 Photinia japonica. See Eriobotrya japonica. 

 2B Photinia serrulata (Heteromeles serrulata). Shrub to 20 ft. China. Cult. 



South and Calif. 

 IR Phyllodoce caerulea (Bryanthus taxifolius. Menziesia caerulea). Alpine, heath- 



like shrub to 6 in. N. Asia, N. Eu., and boreal N. Amer. 

 IR Phyllodoce empetriformis (Bryanthus and Menziesia). Brit. Col. to Calif. 



Alpine heath-like shrub, 5-8 in. 

 2B Phyllostachys Henonis (Bambusa Henonis, Hort.). 10-15 ft. Japan. 



Phyllostachys nitida. See Arundinaria nitida. 



Note. — Few northern spruces can stand the summer heat of the South. 

 1 Picea Abies (P. excelsa). Norway Spruce. Tree to 150 ft. N. and Cent. Eu. 



Successful South only in favorable, cooler situations. Many varieties, 

 especially : 

 Clanbrasiliana (Abies excelsa Clanbrasiliana). Broadly conical. 

 Gregoryana. Compact subglobose form. 

 Maxwellii. Low, flat, dense form, 

 pendula. With pendulous branches and branchlets. 

 Picea ajanensis. See P. jezoensis. 

 Picea alba. See P. glauca. 

 Picea Alcockiana. See P. bicolor. 

 IR Ficea bicolor (P. Alcockiana). Tree 80-150 ft. Japan. 



Picea canadensis. See P. glauca. 

 1 Picea Engelmanni (P. columbiana). Engelmann Spruce. Tree to 150 ft. 



Brit. Col. to Ariz, and N. Mex. 



