COLORADO VARIETY OF THE DOUGLAS FIR. 



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Three years ago Mr Annand sent me from the Haystoun 

 estate, near Peebles, specimens of a Douglas fir which exhibited 

 very slow height-growth, and regarding the identity of which 

 he expressed some doubt ; and subsequently I had an oppor- 

 tunity of seeing the plantation, which consists of a mixture of 



GLAUCOUS-LEAVED FORM OF DOUGLAS FIR. 



Age 8 years ; height above ground Ah feet. 



this plant and common spruce, from which the specimens came. 

 When I visited the plantation I endeavoured to secure a photo- 

 graph of one of the plants in situ, but owing to their unsuitable 

 surroundings I was not successful in obtaining satisfactory 

 results. In the beginning of last year, however, by the favour 



