24 CONIFEROUS TREES 



A. PiNSAPO VARIEGATA. — From the yellowish 

 green tint of the branch tips, this variety is some- 

 what interesting, but it can hardly be considered 

 an acquisition. 



A. RELIGIOSA, Schlechtendal. (Synonyms : Pinus 

 religiosa, Humboldt ; Picea religiosa, Loudon ; 

 Abies hirtella, Lindley.) Mountains of Mexico 

 and Guatemala. 1838. — This species has not 

 proved generally hardy, though in Ireland and 

 southern England, particularly near the sea, fair 

 specimens are to be met with occasionally. It is 

 a tall tree with dark glossy green leaves, each about 

 1 1 inches long, and pretty, deep blue cones, about 

 5 inches in length, and half that in diameter, and 

 with the whitish bracts more or less protruding, 

 the acuminate points being reflexed. Specimens 

 over 70 feet high may be seen in the south of 

 Ireland. 



A. SACHALiNENSis, Masters. Saghalien Fir. 

 (Synonym : A. Veitchii sachalinensis, Schmidt.) 

 Sachahn, Yezo. 1878. — From what little is known 

 of this species it would seem to be an undoubted 

 acquisition, and though nearly allied to the better- 

 known A. Veitchii, yet the foliage has a certain 

 resemblance to that of A. sibirica. The small 

 blunt-pointed leaves are crowded spirally around 

 the stem, and are about i inch in length ; while 

 the cones are 3 inches long by i inch in diameter, 

 with projecting and reflexed bracts. It has proved 

 quite hardy in this country. 



A. SIBIRICA, Ledebour. (Synonyms : A. Pichta, 

 Forbes ; Pinus Sibirica, Turezaninoro ; Picea 

 Pichta, Loudon.) North and eastern Russia and 

 Siberia. 1820. — This cannot be called a desir- 



