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the name of /-'inus /axifolia, in 1826. It was also gathered on the banks of 

 the Columbia by Mr. Lewis, and sj)ecimens of it were seen in his herbarinni 

 by Pursh. In 1825, the tree was re-discovered by Doughis, and cones 

 were sent home by liim, from which plants were raised by the London Hor- 

 ticultural Society, in 1826, and distributed throughout "the country. The 

 trees appear to be as hardy in England as the silver fir ; and in Scotland in 

 Perthshire, at Methven Castle, they produce shoots of from 1 ft. -iin. to l' ft. 

 6 in. long every year. Tiie tree bore cones, for the first time in Englaml, at 

 Dropmore, in 18.35, when the plant there already mentioned produced one 

 cone. This year (1837) it has above a dozen ; so that, in all probability, there 

 will soon be abundance of seeds of this species, from which extensive planta- 

 tions may be raised, and the value of the species as a timber tree proved. 

 In the mean time, the plant is readily propagated by cuttings, which appear to 

 make as good trees as seedling plants. 



statistics. In the neiglibourliood of London, at Miiswell Hill, it is 9 ft. high ; at the Duke of De- 

 vonshire's Villa, at Chiswick, and at Hendon Uectory, 'J ft. high. In Kent, at Cobliam Hall, it is 8 fr. 

 high. In Kedibrdshire, at Flitwitk House, it is 6 ft. hitili. In Berkshire, at Highclere, it i> 8ft. hi"h ■ 

 at Engleficld House, IJ ft. high. In Hertfordshire, at Daneslniry, it is 6 ft. hiijh ; at Cheshunt, ft is 

 !)ft. high. In Yorkshire, at Scoresby, in tlie garden of J. VVooil, Esq., it is ID ft. 4 in high. In Stafford- 

 shire, at RoUeston Hall, it is 8 ft. high. — In .Scotkind, at Edinburgh, in the Experimental Ciarden, 

 Inverleith, it is 6ft. 6in. high. In Cromarty, at Cool, it is 6 ft. high. In Dumfriesshire, at Jardine 

 Hall, it is IJft;. 2 in. high. In Fifeshire, at Lahill. the variety is 1+ft. high. In Renfrewshire, at 

 Caldcleuch, near Glasgow, the species is 7 ft. G in. high. 



? 8. A. Menzie's// Douglas. Menzies's, or the ivarled-brancJicd, Spruce Fir. 



Idcntiftcatton. Doug. MS., Lindl. in Penn. Cyc, 1. p. 32. 

 Synony>ne. Plnus Menziesw Lamb. I'iw., 3. 



Engravings. Lamb. Fin., 3. t. 89. ; and oury?;* 2'.'o^2. from Lambert, and the seeds from speeimens 

 in the Horticultural Society's lierUirium seat home by Douglas. 



Spec, Ckar.,(Src. Leaves acute, flat; silvery beneath, turned in every direc- 

 tion. Cones cy- 

 lindrical ; scales 

 scarious, gnavvcd 

 on the margin. 

 (D.Dun in Lamb. 

 Pin.) Leaves Jin. 

 long. Cones from 

 2Jin. to Sin. long, 

 and from 1 in. to 

 1 J in. broad; scales 

 Jin.long,and |in. 

 broad. Seed ve- 

 ry small, scarcely 

 i in. long ; with 

 the wing, ^ in. 

 long. A native of 

 the north of (Ca- 

 lifornia, where it 

 was discovered by 

 Douglas, and in- 

 troduced by him 

 in 1831. 



Description, Sj-c. A 

 tree with the gene- 

 ral appearance o( A. 

 Douglasii. Branch- 

 es and branchlets tu- 

 bercled. Buds ovate, 

 acute, covered with resin. Leaves turned in every direction, resupinate from 

 being twisted at the base, linear, mucronulate, incurved ; silvery beneath, 



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