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their determination a difficult task. The catalogue 

 referred to is especially valuable in removing those 

 difficulties. 



ABIES. 



ABIES ALBA. Mickaux. 

 (White American Spruce.) 



SYN. Pinus alba.Mton. 

 Picea alba, Link. 

 Pinus glauca. Moncli. 



This species lias a much paler appearance than the 

 common spruce. Nor does it grow so tall, seldom 

 attaining more than fifty feet. It is a native of Canada 

 and JSTew Brunswick, on poor, light, but moist soils. 

 There is a variety, A. nana, of much dwarfer habit 

 than the species. 



ABIES AJONENSIS. 



SYN. Picea ajonensis. Fischer. 



A large tree from the coast of the S.E. of Siberia. 



ABIES AMABILIS. Lindley. 

 (Lovely Silver Fir.) 



SYN. Picea amdbilis. Loudon. 

 Pinus amabilis. Douglas. 



A very tall tree, often two hundred feet high, indi- 

 genous to North America. It is quite hardy, and 



