194 THE BOOK OF EVERGREENS. 



ish-brown, and is manufactured into various household 

 utensils. 



Var. UJilia, Siebold. Has much smaller leaves than the 

 species and does not exceed 2 or 3 feet in height, and is 

 frequently grown in pots by the Japanese. 



20. Ai Hookeriana ? Murray. HOOKER'S HEMLOCK 

 SPRUCE. Syn. A. "William sonii, Newberry; Abies Merten- 

 siana, English authors / Picea Williamsonii, JEngelmann. 

 A tree of large size and alpine habit; leaves, short, 

 acute, compressed, with a lenticular section. Cones, 

 pendent, long, ovoid, acute, \\ inches long, purple when 

 young ; when old, cylindrical or somewhat conical, with a 

 flattened base ; scales, rounded, entire, large in old cones, 

 strongly reflexed, except at the base of the cones ; seeds, 

 small, ovoid, black ; wing entire, elliptical, pellucid ; male 

 flowers, in small, nearly spheroidal heads. (Hfewberry.) 



From the Cascade Mountains, Oregon. 



Lawson, in his new work on the Conifera?, considers this 

 and A. 'Williamsonii the same, and gives his reasons at 

 some length. 



We take great pleasure in recommending this rare and 

 new Conifer to the notice of cultivators, believing, as it 

 comes from the same section of country as many others of 

 our hardy plants, it will most likely prore a success. 

 According to Dr. Newberry, it is an alpine species, grow- 

 ing near the region of perpetual snow, and one of the 

 finest of the genus. It has an irregular, spreading, and re- 

 markably graceful habit. 



21. A, Albertiana, Murray. Syn. A. Bridgei, Kellogg. 

 This was described in the Proceedings of the Acad. of 

 N"at. Sci. of California by Kellogg, but Murray's name 

 has the priority by some two years. From Fort Lang- 

 ley, arrtl closely allied to A. Canadensis. A tree 80 to 

 100 feet in height, of dark verdure and graceful appear- 

 ance; the branchlets are very hairy, slender, and droop- 

 ing. Abundant on both north and south bank of Fraser 



