Garden Flowers, 



AND 



HOW TO CULTIVATE THEM. 



ABIES. Spj'uce Fir. [Coniferae.] Hardy evergreen or- 

 namental trees and shrubs, growing in common soil, 

 and increased by seeds and by grafting. A numerous family. 



A. Ajanensis (Ajana); large tree ; Siberia. A, alba (white 

 spruce) ; 50 feet ; May; North America; 1700. A. alba nana 

 (dwarf) ; May. A. aijiabilis (lovely) ; 180 feet ; April ; New Cali- 

 fornia ; 183 1. A. aro7natica (aromatic); 100 feet; Oregon. A. 

 balsa7nea (balsam-fir) ; 45 feet ; May ; North America. A. bracte- 

 ata (bracted) ; 120 feet; California. A. Brunonia?ta (Brown's) ; 

 75 feet ; Nepaul. ^. C^/m</-?;mj (Canadian ; hemlock-spruce); 

 85 feet; May; North America; 1736. A. Cephalonica {(Zt'^hzr 

 lonian) ; 60 feet; May; Cephalonia ; 1824. A. concolor (one- 

 colored); mountains of Mexico. A, Doit ^^laszz {Dongla.s's) ; 170 

 feet ; May ; North America ; 1826. A. excelsa (lofty) ; 150 feet ; 

 May ; north of Europe. Carpatica, Cla?ibrasiliana, gigantea^ 

 monstrosa, ??iucronata, nana., taiutfolia, variegata, and viminalis 

 are all varieties of excelsa. A. falcaia (sickle-leaved) ; 35 feet ; 

 Oregon. A. fir7na (soUd) ; mountains of Japan. A. Fraseri 

 (Eraser's) ; 30 feet ; May ; 181 1. A. Fraseri nana (dwarf). A. 



