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not of sufficiently pronounced difference to call 
further attention to here. 
Note 3.—We are told now that two forms of Bicolor 
exist, or have been tried, in England; one has main 
twig pubescent and lateral leaves smooth, the other 
is glabrous in both. 
P. Maximowicz11, GLEHNI, ORIENTALIS, OBOVATA, 
are all of them short-leaved Spruces bearing some 
resemblances. It will be seen that we are discussing 
them more from the point of view of certain outward 
observances than in strict accordance with their 
group systems. 
There is little call to prate on trees of which so little 
is to be seen as the P. Maximowiczii and Glehnii. 
The former belongs to the glabrous, the latter to the 
pubescent in the furrow division. Both hail from 
Japan, and the Maximowiczii seems even to be a 
rara avis in the path of the Japanese botanists in 
search after it on its native soil. It has short leaves, 
resinous buds, reddish glabrous branchlets. These 
are some of the descriptions it will be called to make 
good to the identifying investigators. It seems to 
have claimed for it various relationships to various 
Spruces—Obovata, Bicolor, Polita—by various 
authorities in various countries and localities. The 
Japanese regard it as a diminutive edition, or a 
strong-family-likenessed little daughter of the Polita. 
They call it Hime-Bara-Momi, the daughter of the 
Bara-Momi, the vernacular name for Polita, signifying 
a sharp-leaved tree. 
P. GLeHNiI.—Should anyone come across some 
of the very few young specimens that are being tried 
with us, we would emphasize a few points for his 
particular attention. The branchlets are reddish and 
pubescent in furrow as stated. Its buds are like the 
