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I inch long, while the fruit is egg-shaped and i inch 

 long. The branches have a yellowish appearance, 

 owing to the colour of certain portions of the 

 bark. 



TSUGA, Carriere 



THE HEMLOCK SPRUCES 



Flowers monoecious ; males laterad ; females terminal. 



Cones terminal, pendent, almost spheroid, with persistent 

 scales. 



Seeds small, wdth obovate wing. 



Leaves linear, flat, stalked, and proceeding from prominent 

 cushions. 



Cotyledons varying from three to six. 



Evergreen trees or shrubs of great value for ornamental 

 planting. 



TsuGA ALBERTIANA, Seneclauzc. Western Hem- 

 lock. (Synonyms : T. Mertensiana, Carriere ; 

 Pinus Mertensiana, Bongard ; Abies Mertensiana, 

 Gordon ; A. Albertiana, Murray.) Alaska, British 

 Columbia, Oregon. 1851. — Under the name of 

 Prince Albert's Fir {Tsicga Albertiana) this tree 

 is most commonly to be found. The tree was 

 introduced by the Oregon Association of Edin- 

 burgh through their collector Jeffrey, and named 

 in honour of the patron of the Association — the 

 late Prince Consort. 



Probably no other species of Tstiga is better 

 adapted for growth in this country, certainly 

 none grows thicker or sooner forms a sturdy 

 well-branched ornamental specimen. The habit 

 of growth is both erect and spreading, the 

 flexible leading shoot keeping well ahead of the 

 long, Hthe, and thickly produced branches which 



