Mountains in Oregon. At the southern limit of its 
distribution it reaches an altitude of 10,000 feet. It was 
discovered by Fremont in 1845, probably in the Sierra 
Nevada, and was first introduced into England by 
J. Jefirey in 1851. In this country, however, it has not 
proved so general a success in gardens as some other 
Western American species ; still, fine specimens are to be 
found, especially in Scotland. The material for our 
figure has been made from material kindly furnished by 
Mr. H. Clinton Baker from his fine pinetum at Bayford- 
bury. There the tree is over sixty feet in height with a 
trunk about six feet in girth. This species has been 
much confused with A. nobilis, Lindl., but is readily dis- 
tinguished, even in the absence of cones, by the leaf 
being keeled on both surfaces and thus quadrangular in 
transverse section, whereas the leaf of A. nobilis is grooved 
on the upper surface. As seen in Scotland and other 
places where it succeeds, A. magnifica is a tree of great 
beauty and distinction, well marked by its slender conical 
shape. Itenjoys a deep, moist, loamy soil and a generous 
rainfall. At Kew, where both these requirements are 
lacking, and where it has besides to contend against 
adverse atmospheric conditions, it is a failure. The light 
red-brown wood is comparatively durable; its main use, — 
however, is for fuel. There is a variety which occurs on = 
Mt. Shasta, and has been termed shastensis by Lemmon, 
which is characterised by its mature cones having bracts 
that are longer than the seed-bearing scales; they are 
golden-yellow and their exserted tips are more or less 
reflexed. 
Description.— Tree up to 250 ft. high, crown round- 
topped, trunk up to 10 ft. thick, almost devoid of 
branches to the middle ; bark of adult trees long remaining 
silvery white and smooth, but in time deeply cracking, 4-6 
in. thick, with the segments blackish-red ; branches short 
for the height of the tree, the lower ones almost pen- 
dulous, stiff and distantly twiggy, the upper ones some- 
what ascending ; twigs stout, greenish and puberulous the 
first season, then becoming brownish and nearly glabrous. 
Leaf-buds ovate, acute, 1-1 in, long, the outer scales 
chestnut-brown, denticulate and apiculate. Leaves per- 
