2 THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Abies—continued. 
Fia. 2. Abies LowIANA (Young Plant). 
A. bifolia (two-leaved), of A. Murray. A synonym 
of A. lasiocarpa. 
A. bifolia (two-leaved), of Siebold and Zucearini. 
A synonym of A. jirma. 
A. brachyphylla (short-leaved), of Mayr. A 
synonym of A, homolepis. 
A. campylocarpa (bent-fruited). 
A, magnijica. 
A. chiloensis (Chiloe). 
biana. 
A. concolor violacea (violet). 
glaucous tint. A charming variety. 
A. Eichleri (Eichler’s). A synonym of A. Veitchii. 
A. Gordoniana (Gordon’s). A synonym of 
A. grandis. 
A. grandis Lowiana (Low's). 
A, Lowiana. 
A. g. pendula (pendulous). A weeping form, 
which originated in a Berlin mursery. 
A. holophylla (wholly-leafy). A synonym of 
A, firma. 
A. homolepis (similar-scaled). J. axillary, lin. 
long, somewhat two-rowed, very thickly placed, 
linear, flat, obtuge or bifid at apex, somewhat 
faleate; petioles very short: cones 3in. long, lin. 
broad, cylindrical, obtuse, usuz straight, on 
short stalks; scales brown, thic imbricated. 
h. 100ft. Japanese Islands, 1861. Syn. A. brachy- 
phylla (of Mayr). 
A. Kempferi (Kempfer’s). A synonym of Psewdo- 
larixz Kempferi. 
A. lasiocarpa (woolly-fruited). /.-notched on 
the barren and pointed on the fertile branches, in 
many rows, with two glaucous bands on the lower 
side. cones 2in. to 34in. long, lin. to lin. thick, 
with rounded scales. British Columbia, &c. 
Allied to A. balsamea, but larger, and having 
whitish bark. (G. C. 1889, v., p. 172, f. 23-32.) 
Syns. A. bifolia (G. C. 1875, p. 465, f. 96-7), 
A. subalpina (G. C. 1820, p. 235, f. 43-45; J. LS. 
xxii., p. 183). 
A. Lowiana (Low’s). /. long, linear, flat, straight, 
l4in. to 24in. long, one line broad, channelled 
above, twisted at base, distant, disposed in two 
horizontal rows along the shoots, blunt or slightly 
A synonym of 
A synonym of A. Web- 
1. of a bluish- 
A synonym of 
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Abies—continued. 
notched at apex, dull glaucous- green above, paler beneath. 
cones 3sin. to Sin. long, 14in. broad, erect, cylindrical, obtuse, 
rounded at base, pale brown, kh. 250ft. Northern California, 
&c. Branches rather pendulous. A very handsome tree. See 
Fig. 2. (G. C. Dec. 11, 1886, p. 755, f. 148; 1890, Dec. 27, 
p. 750.) Syns. A. grandis Lowiana (J. L. 8. xxii., p. 175), 
Picea Lowtiana. 
A. magnifica xanthocarpa (yellow-fruited). /. on the leader 
shoot spirally appressed ; those on the lateral shoots upturned, 
ascending; those on the sterile branches slender, straight or 
curved, more or less four-sided in section, grooved at base on 
the upper surface ; those on the fertile branches stouter, shorter, 
all upturned, four-sided, not grooved, cones ovate-oblong, 
obtuse. Syns. A. nobilis robusta (G. C. 1885, xxiv., p. 63, 
f. 147), A. shastensis. ; 
A. nephrolepis (reniform-scaled). A synonym of A. Veitchii. 
A. nobilis robusta (robust). A synonym of A. magnisica 
xanthocarpa. 
A. Nordmanniana. An illustration of this admirable tree 
for the lawn or park is given in Fig. 3. 
A. N. horizontalis (horizontal). A dwarf, compact-growing 
form, with horizontally spreading branches; it cannot be made 
to produce a leader, hence its peculiar habit. A chance seed- 
ling found in a nursery in the Vosges. 
A. N. yaaa (drooping). A garden variety, distinguished 
from the type in having drooping branches. 1869. (R. H. 
1890, p. 440, f. 182.) 
A. numidica (Numidian). The correct name of A. Laborensis 
(G. C. Feb. 4, 1888, p. 140, f. 23). 
A. polita. The correct name is Picea polita. 
A. shastensis (Shasta). A synonym of A. magnifica xantho- 
carpa. 
A. subalpina is synonymous with 4. lasiocarpa. 
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Fic. 3. ABIES NORDMANNIANA. 
