Picea Alcockiana, var. acicularis 
Native of Japan. 
Nat. Order: Conirer2. Tribe: ABIETINEA. 
Picea Alcockzana, var. actcularis supra; P. Alcockiana, Carriére, “Traité 
Conif.” ed. ii. 343 (1867); Adzes Alcockiana, Lindley in Gard. 
Chron. 1861, p. 22; Picea bicolor, Mayr. “ Abiet. Jap. 
Reich.” 49 (1890); Adzes acicularis, Hort. 
Was introduced by Messrs. Veitch from Japan in 1861. It 
is a pyramidal tree of very dense strong growth, many of the 
branches projecting somewhat from the others, which gives 
the tree a distinct appearance. The leaves are a deep green 
above, and streaked with two glaucous bands underneath. It 
is not very unlike Picea Alcockiana, which is also from Japan ; 
but when the two are compared acicularis is the best, the 
foliage is more needle-like and prickly, but the colour of the 
under side of the leaves of P. 4/cockiana is of a more decided 
silvery tint. It has a great spread of branches for its height, 
and is a very free grower, making from eighteen inches to two 
feet annually. A small specimen planted here six years ago 
is now eleven feet high, with a circumference of forty-five 
feet. Picea acicularis is an unauthorised name, ‘ made in 
Germany.” The difference between the trees under this name 
and P. Alcockiana, which often disappears with age, is too 
trivial from a botanical point of view to be admitted as 
specific. 
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