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T. Carolinian A, Engelmann. Mountains of 

 North and South Carohna. 1881. — This nearly 

 approaches T. canadensis, but from that species 

 may at once be distinguished by its much longer, 

 blunter-pointed, and glossier leaves. The cones 

 are proportionally large, with wide, spreading 

 scales of a dark brown colour. It is a beautiful 

 little tree, of neat habit, slow growth, and succeeds 

 well when planted in rich loamy peat, where not 

 exposed to cold or cutting winds. 



T. Pattoniana, Seneclauze. (Synonyms : 

 Abies Pattoniana, Balfour ; A. Hookeriana, 

 Murray ; A. Williamsoni, Newberry ; Pinus Pat- 

 toniana, Parlatore.) Eraser River to South Cali- 

 fornia. 1854. — A distinct and ornamental small- 

 growing tree that is at once distinguished from 

 any other species by the drooping branches and 

 nearly erect thickly scattered leaves, which are 

 not two-ranked and horizontally arranged as in 

 most species. Each leaf is i inch long, and either 

 keeled and convex or furrowed in the centre and 

 either dark or bluish green. The cones are about 

 2 1 inches long, c3dindrical-oblong, the scales 

 becoming reflexed when quite ripe or after the 

 cones have fallen from the tree ; while the beauti- 

 ful lilac catkins are produced in such quantities 

 as to render the tree very conspicuous during 

 early spring. 



In this country T. Pattoniana is of slow growth, 

 but neat and compact, and the foliage of a beautiful 

 bluish green tinge. The tree usually seen under 

 the name of T. Hookeriana (supposed by some 

 botanists to be a distinct species, and by others 

 to be a variety) seems distinct from T. Pattoniana, 



