166 THE BOOK OF EVERGREENS. 



several names of nana, minima^ pumila, and minuta, 

 grows only about 12 or 18 inches high, and spreads some 

 distance over the ground. It is very curious and dwarf. 



Var. Stricta, London. Syn. A. Clanbrasiliana stricta, 

 Lawson. A. excel sa conica, Ketdeer. A. communis fru- 

 ticosa, Endlicher. Another pretty little dwarf variety 

 rarely exceeding from 3 to 4 feet in height, with numerous, 

 erect branches, and small, closely compressed, slender, 

 bright green leaves. Quite desirable. 



Var. tcnuifolia; London. Is also known as var. attenu- 

 ata, and var. microphyUa, by different authors. It is 

 chiefly distinguished by its attenuated branches and small, 

 slender foliage. 



Var. variegata, Loudon.Is of very little account ; a 

 few of the leaves and lesser branches spotted with yellow 

 and white. 



3. A. Meiizicsii, Douglas. MENZIES' SPRUCE. Leaves, 

 f of an inch long, broadly linear, rigid, stout, sharply 

 acute, incurved, light green above, silvery-glaucous below. 

 (Leaves stouter than in any other allied species, stiff, and 

 very acute, almost spinescent. Engelmann.) Branches, 

 tubercled, with resinous, ovate, acute buds. Cones, from 

 3 to 4J- inches long, cylindrical, pendulous, very numerous, 

 crowded ; with elongated-rhombic scales, truncate, irregu- 

 lar on the margin; bracteoles, small, lanceolate, acute. 

 Seeds, small, flat, light brown, with triangular-obovate 

 wings. 



This beautiful Conifer was discovered by Douglas in 

 Northern California, where it is quite abundant in many 

 sections, but principally in rich, moist soils. Nuttall 

 speaks of it as " constituting the principal part of the lofty 

 and dark forest which caps the summit of Cape Disap- 

 pointment, at the entrance of the Columbia or Oregon." 

 It is also found plentiful on the Island of Sitka, and in 

 the Shasta Country." Dr. Engelmann says it "is entirely 

 sub-alpine, occurring between the limits of 7,000 and 9,000 



