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As it does not transplant well, good rooted speci- 

 mens should be obtained. 



ABIES CEPHALONICA. London. 

 (Cephalonian Silver Fir.) 



SYN. Picea cephalonica. Loudon. 



Pinus cephalonica. Endlicher. 



A very handsome tree fifty or sixty feet high, very 

 wide in proportion. When young it is liable to be 

 injured by spring frosts, but becoming when older 

 much hardier. It should be planted on high dry 

 situations, and such other precautions taken as we 

 have recommended for the spring-tender firs. 



ABIES DOUGLASIL Lindley. 

 {Douglas' Spruce Fir.) 



SYN. Pinus Douglasii. Sabine. 

 Picea Douglasii. Link. 



A species of great beauty and hardiness, very lofty, 

 and of quick growth. In its native habitats, on the 

 banks of the Columbia river, it is often found two 

 hundred feet in height. Its habit is graceful, and the 

 colour of its foliage a lively green. As an example of 

 the rapidity of its growth in this country, we may 

 mention a specimen at Dropmore, which grew sixty 

 feet in eighteen years. In the gardens of Col. ~R. 

 Ferguson, M.P., Raith, there is a very handsome variety, 

 fifty feet high, having very glaucous foliage, more 

 beautiful, if possible, than the species. 



