Picea smithiana
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Picea smithiana. Boiss. (P. Morinda, Link. P. Khutrow, Carr.). Tree, to 150 ft., with wide-spreading branches and slender pendulous branchlets: lvs. crowded, usually thicker than broad, acute, bright or dark green, 3/4-2 in. long: pistillate fls. purple: cones 5-7 in. long, dark brown and glossy; scales suborbicular, with entire margin, firm. Himalayas. G.C. II. 24:393; III. 35:325; 38:395. Gn. 19, p. 359; 35, p. 599; 39, p. 72. C.L.A. 7:364. F.E. 16:705. One of the most graceful spruces; hardy as far north as N. Y. The young growth starts very early and is liable to be injured by frost in spring, especially when planted in warm and damp situations. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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