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Coniferous ZErees. 



Spanish silver fir (A.Pinsapo) has very stout and rigid leaves 

 pointing in every direction. It is a very ornamental tree of 

 a broadly pyramidal habit and a dark shining green color. 

 This species is less hardy than the Cephalonian silver fir (A. 



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FIG. 99.— NORDMANN'S SILVER FIR (ABIES NORDMANNIANA). 



Cep7ialo?iica), which is almost similar in habit but with more 

 glaucous leaves and perfectly hardy. The last two will 

 form fine specimen trees on a lawn. The white silver fir 

 (A. concolor) is one of the most beautiful of evergreen trees 



