Abies 
Canadensis 
149 ARBORETUM NOTES. 
COMMIVE Rue. 
ABIETINEA:. 
ABIES CANADENSIS (Hemlock Spruce). 
Loudon, p. 2322. 
Two in the arboretum, both (?) planted in 1830 ; 
not of large size, though apparently very healthy 
and thriving; their growth very slow. They have 
the general round form and gracefully drooping 
branches, noticed by Loudon. The larger of the 
two (near the fine Cephalonian Fir) has not yet 
borne cones; the smaller one (near west boundary 
of arboretum), has this last year (1864), borne 
them in tolerable plenty. The cones are fairly 
well represented in Lambert’s work (ed. 2) ; they 
are curiously small for the size of the tree, not 
bigger than hazel-nuts; pale delicate glaucous 
green while unripe, pale brown when quite ripe. 
(October, 1860). 
Both the trees of Abies Canadensis bear cones 
this year in great abundance. 
These little pale green cones, so neatly formed, 
hanging like drops from the ends of the slender 
twigs, have a very pretty appearance. 
(Dec. 1871). The larger of our two Hemlock 
Spruces has for the last two years appeared sickly 
and declining, and this last summer it was evi- 
dently in a dying state; therefore we had it cut 
down. I conceive that it had suffered, not from 
cold, but from the great drought of some recent 
