Picea Smithiana 
or Morinda 
Native of the Himalayan Regron. 
Nat. Order: ConmIFER. Tribe: ABIETINE&. 
Picea Smtthiana, Boissier, ‘‘ Fl. Orient.” v. 699 (1884); Veitch, anual, 
ed. ii. 454 (1900); P. Morinda, Link in ‘ Linnea,” xv. 522 (1841) ; 
Abies Smithiana, Loudon, “ Arb. et Frut. Brit.” iv. 2317 (1838); 
A. Khutrow, Loudon, “ Encycl. Trees,” 1032 (1842). 
A. Morinda, Hort. 
Is a native of the Himalayan mountains, where it grows 
up to an elevation of ten or eleven thousand feet. It is un- 
doubtedly one of the handsomest of all the spruces, both from 
its regular pyramidal shape and the luxuriant growth of 
tassel-like branchlets which hang down vertically and give the 
tree a most graceful appearance. It is a quick grower, and 
makes here a leader sometimes of more than two feet in length 
in the season. It does best in good, rich, well-drained loam ; 
and from its light grey-green colour it is most distinct among 
the darker trees by which it is usually surrounded. The 
height of this plant is thirty-five feet, with a circumference of 
sixty-seven feet. It was raised from seed sent to me from the 
Himalayas in 1868. Thus its rate of growth appears to be 
about a foot each year. It was named by Dr. Wallich, the 
eminent Indian botanist, in compliment to Sir J. E. Smith, 
first President of the Linnzean Society of London. 
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