CHAl'. CXI II. 



CONI'FER/E. ^ lilKS. 



2321 



2232 



the name of Pinus ^axifolia, in 1826. It was also gathered on the banks of 

 the Columbia by Mr. Lewis, and specimens of it were seen in his herbarium 

 by Pursh. In 1825, the tree was re-discovered by Douglas, and cones 

 were sent home by him, from whicli plants were raised by the London Hor- 

 ticultural Society, in 1826, and distributed throughout the country. The 

 trees appear to be as hardy in England as the silver fir; and in Scotland, in 

 Perthshire, at Methven Castle, they produce shoots of from 1 ft. 4 in. to 1 ft. 

 6 in. long every year. The tree bore cones, for the first time in England, at 

 Dropmore, in 1835, when the plant there already mentioned produced one 

 cone. This year (1837) it has above a dozen ; so that, in all probabiUty, there 

 will soon be abundance of seeds of this species, from which extensive planta- 

 tions may be raised, and the value of the species as a timber tree proved. 

 In the mean time, the plant is readily propagated by cuttings, which appear to 

 make as good trees as seedling plants. 



statistics. In the neighbourhood of London, at Muswell Hill, it is 9 ft. high ; at the Duke of De- 

 vonshire's Villa, at Chiswick, and at Hendon Rectory, 9 ft. high. In Kent, at Cobhani Hall, it is 8 ft. 

 high. In Bedfordshire, at Flitwick House, it is 6 ft. high. In Berkshire, at Highclere, it is 8ft. high ; 

 at Englefield House, 13 ft. high. In Hertfordshire, at Danesbury, it is 6 ft. high ; at Cheshunt, it is 

 9 ft. high. In Yorkshire, at Scoresby, in the garden of J. Wood, Esq., it is 19 ft. 4 in. high. In .Stafford- 

 shire, at RoUeston Hall, it is 8 ft. high. — In Scotland, at Edinburgh, in the Experimental Garden, 

 Inverleith, it is 6ft. Gin. high. In Cromarty, at Cool, it isflft. high. In Dumfriesshire, at Jardine 

 Hall, it is 13ft. Sin. high. In Fifeshire, at Lahill, the variety is 14ft. high. In Renfrewshire, at 

 Caldcleuch, near Glasgow, the species is 7ft. 6 in. high. 



1 8. A. Menzie^s// Douglas. Menzies's, or the warted-bmncl/ecl, Spruce Fir. 



Identification. Doug. MS., Lindl. in Penn. Cyc, 1. p. 32. 

 Synonyme. Plnus Menzies/i Lamb. Pin., 3. 



Engravings. Lamb. Pin., 3. t. 89. ; and our^,^. 2232. from Lambert, and the seeds from specimens 

 in the Horticultural Society's herbarium sent home by Douglas. 



Spec. Char.,Sfc. Leaves acute, flat; silvery beneath, turned in every direc- 

 tion. Cones cy- 

 lindrical ; scales ,~CI^ 

 scarious, gnawed 

 on the margin. 

 {D.Don in Lamb. 

 Pin.) Leaves fin. 

 long. Cones from 

 2Jin.to Sin. long, 

 and from ] in. to 

 IJ-in. broad; scales 

 Jin.long,and |in. 

 broad. Seed ve- 

 ry small, scarcely 

 i in. long ; with 

 the wing, ^ in. 

 long. A native of 

 the north of Ca- 

 lifornia, where it 

 was discovered by 

 Douglas, and in- 

 troduced by him 

 in 1831. 



Desc)iption,Si-c. A 

 tree with the gene- 

 ral appearance o( A. 

 DouglasH. Branch- 

 es and branchlets tu- 

 bercled. Buds ovate, 

 acute, covered with resin. Leaves turned in every direction, resupinate from 

 being twisted at the base, linear, mucronulate, incurved ; silvery beneath, 



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