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 THE SILVER FIR. 



PlNUS PlCEA. PI. 24. 



Fruflification. As the former. 



Specific character. Solitary notched leaves : 

 cones pointing upwards. 



THIS fpecies grows to a ftraight tall tree, 

 and is one of the mod fightly of the kind- 

 It receives its name from the hue of its 

 leaves, which are of a full green in their 

 upper furface, but, in the under, have two 

 white lines running parallel to the mid- 

 rib on each fide, which give it a filvery 

 appearance as viewed from below. The 

 leaves in their form and manner of growth 

 refemble thofe of the yew, whence it has 

 been named the yew-leaved fir. The 

 Latin appellation, picea, is borrowed from 



its 



