ABIES 21 



A. grandis, Lindl. 



Inhabits Western North America ; especially the North 

 Pacific coast. It was introduced into Europe in 1831 

 by D. Douglas. It is found over 200 feet high in its 

 native habitat. 



A. grandis, var. compacta, Hesse. 



According to Beissner this is a dwarf form very similar 

 to A. balsamea Hudsonica. 



A. grandis, var. pendula, Spath (" Mitt. d. d. d. Ges.," 

 1896, 28). 

 A pendulous form raised by Spath of Berlin which I 

 have not seen. 



A. lasiocarpa, Nutt. 



Syn. : A. subalpina, Engl. 

 An Alpine fir from Western North America, from 

 Alaska South to Utah, Colorado, and Oregon, where it is 

 found up to 100 feet in height. It is not a good grower in 

 the British Isles. 



A. lasiocarpa, var. Arizonica, Lemmon (Sierra Club 

 Bull, ii. 1898, 167). 

 Syn. : A. Arizonica, Merriam. 

 The cork bark tree. Is a much smaller tree, found in 

 the mountains of Arizona, 7,500 to 9,000 feet up. It is 

 rare at present, but is worth growing for a while on account 

 of its wonderful glaucous colour. It is a much smaller 

 tree than A. lasiocarpa, and appears to be of slow growth. 

 The dwarf varieties of A. lasiocarpa are not very good 

 doers in European cultivation. 



A. lasiocarpa, var. conica. 



Sjna. : var. compacta, Rehder (Jour. Ar. Arb. i., 1919, 



55 [not Beissner]). 



A broad conical bush of compact habit and crowding 



ascending branches ; raised in the Arnold Arboretum from 



seeds sent there by Dr. C. C. Parry from Colorado in 1873. 



The plant is now about 6 feet high and as much through. 



