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the branches. The cones are dull brown and about 

 ih inches in length. Scales wedge-shaped, and with 

 the bracts much shorter than these. 



P. HONDOENSis, Muyv. (Synonyms : Picea ajan- 

 ensis, Hort. ; Abies ajanensis, Veitch.) Amoor 

 Land, Mountains of Japan. 1861. — This is a 

 distinct and beautiful conifer, of sturdy growth, 

 and non-exacting as to soil. It is certainly one 

 of the handsomest of the family, and even in mid- 

 winter the beautiful glaucous foliage and curiously 

 white streaked stem have a striking appearance. 

 When planted in an open space, for which it is 

 peculiarly suitable, the plant usually assumes a 

 pyramidal style of growth, the branches being 

 well furnished with small branchlets or twigs, and 

 all densely clothed with the pretty and attractive 

 foliage. Usually the branch-tips have a distinct 

 upward inclination, thus revealing glimpses here 

 and there of the silvery or blue white under-sides 

 of the leaves, and which afford a striking contrast 

 to the darker tint of the upper and exposed sides. 

 The leaves, which are fully half an inch long and 

 abruptly acute, are of a deep, pleasing shade of 

 green above and silvery white beneath, the latter 

 being more pronounced and beautiful in this than 

 almost any other member of the family. Both 

 male and female cones are plentifully produced, 

 the latter when fully grown, but before becoming 

 ripe, being of a beautiful purple colour, and adding 

 quite a charm to the specimen. It is rendered, by 

 its undoubted hardihood, freedom of growth, and 

 beautifully furnished habit, a particularly choice 

 species for planting as a standard specimen. The 

 healthiest and largest tree of this kind that I have 



