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192 DR. MAXWELL T. MASTERs's CONTRIBUTIONS 



In tlie typical magnifica the young shoots are elongate ainl 

 brush-like as in nohllis^ olive-brown, Lirtellous. The bud^ are 

 small, oblong obtuse. Scales oblong, the lower ones pointed, 

 the leaves many-rnnked, upturned, longer, deflexed, assur- 

 gent, and with their points often directed towards the apex 

 of the branch away from the trunk, straighter and more 

 slender than in nobilis, four-sided and pointed, generally not 

 at all grooved but sometimes slightly so at the base. The 

 leaves on the older and on the cone-bearing shoots are often 

 much shorter, stouter, and more abruptly curved than m 

 faster growing slioots. The cones are blunt, usually less 

 tapering than in nohilis^ and the bracts nsuallj so much 

 shorter than the scales that they are completely concealed 

 by them. The scales of magnifica are, moreover, very broad 

 and deep, transversely oval with a long wedge-like stalk (see 

 woodcut, fig. 21), In nohiJis the scales are usually smaller, 

 not so deep, more angular in outline, and with a relatively 

 shorter stalk (w^oodcut, fig, 18, p. 189, and Plate IV. 33). 



The nohilis rdhxista of Carriere,and of some English gardens, 

 is, I believe, identical with, or a mere form of, magnifica. 



It may be well here to quote Garriere's description of 



Abies nohilis robust 

 of English gardens ; 



ifi 



" Abtes nortlts rorusta, Vcitch. 



Abies aniabilis, lioH, non Forbes. 



Picea amabilis magnifica, lort. 



Picea aumbilis, Tiort.^ angh 



Picea magnifica, Tiort. 



Picea amabilis robusta, Iwrt, aliq. 



Abies magnifica, Jiori. aliq. 



*' Cette forme, que Ton trouve aujonrd'hui dans le com- 

 merce sous le nom d' Abies amabilis, presente les caracteres 

 suivants :— Branches verticillees, rapprochees, tres-etal^es. 

 Eamules et ramilles distiques. Eeuilles tres-nombreuses, se 

 retouruanfc vers le dessus des branches qu'elles cachent a 

 pen pres completement, etroites, parfois subtetragoncs ou 

 rhomboidales, ordinairement falquees, un peu coutournees 

 et relev^es au sommet. Puis, lorsque Ics arbres vieillissent, 

 ces feuilles devicnnent plus larges en se r^gnlarisant, et 

 les arbres, alors, out beaucQup plus de ressemblauce avec 



