Coniferous Grees. 



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trees. The balsam firs (A . balsamica, pectinata, and pichta ) 

 are almost similar in habit. A. pectinata is the tallest and 

 most valuable of them, while A. pichta, the Siberian bal- 



SSfc 





FIQ. 98.— WHITE SILVER FIR IABIES CONCOLORI. 



sam fir, is the most ornamental, with rather long, crowded 

 leaves. The leaves of all are of a dark and lustrous green ou 

 the upper surface, and more or less silvery beneath. The 



