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compressed or fastigiate, and in the tree having a pyramidal 

 shape, and in the leaves being shorter and more slender. 

 It is of German origin, and distinct. 



PiCEA PECTINATA PENDULA, Godefvoy. 



This differs in having all its branches and twigs drooping. 

 It is of French origin, and curious. 



PiCEA PECTINATA VARIEGATA, Hort. 



This variety has some of its leaves pale straw colour, or whiter 

 intermixed on the branches and young shoots, which gives the 

 tree a variegated appearance. 



PiCEA PECTINATA TORTUOSA, BootJl. 



This variety has its branches and branchlets very much twisted 

 and crooked, which gives it a very singular appearance. It is 

 of German origin. 



PiCEA PECTINATA NANA, Knight. 



Syn. Picea cinerea, Baumann. 

 „ Abies pectinata prostrata, Hort. 



A very dwarf variety, growing one or two feet high, and 

 smaller in all its parts ; of French origin. 



No. 9. PiCEA RELiGiosA, Loudofi, the Sacred Silver Fir. 

 Syn. Abies religiosa, Lindley. 

 „ Picea hirtella, Loudon. 

 „ Abies hirtella, Lindley. 

 „ Pinus hirtella, Humboldt. 

 y, „ religiosa, Humboldt. 



Leaves, solitary, from one to one inch and a half long, linear, and 

 rather thinly set on the branches ; quite entire, bluntly pointed, 

 and rather irregularly two-rowed, flat, deep green above and 

 silvery beneath, especially when young, but when old both sides 

 are nearly the same colour. Branches, rather slender, and when 

 young covered with hairs ; but when full grown and old, quite 



