OF ORNAMENTAL TREES. 167 



Double Balsam fir. Middle and Southern 

 States. 



This is allied to the lalsamea, but is very 

 distinct. It is considerably smaller in stature, 

 in a wild state seldom exceeding ten feet 

 high, though in a state of cultivation it will 

 often double or treble this. It thrives well 

 in similar situations to No. 1, and may be 

 treated in the same manner. 



4. P. NOBILIS, Douglass. Leaves falcate, 

 short, acute, silvery beneath, scarcely one 

 inch long, crowded. Cones erect, six and 

 seven inches long, and three inches thick, 

 ovate cylindrical, scales broad, bracts broadly 

 spathulate, reflexed, covering the scales. 

 Noble fir. North-west coast. 



One of the gigantic pines discovered by 

 Douglass. It is considered one of the finest, 

 as it certainly is one of the prettiest supe 

 rior, in my opinion, to the Abies Douglasii. 

 Plants in Philadelphia are not over two feet 

 high. 



5. P. PECTINATA, London. Leaves flat, ob 

 tuse, with the points turned up, exhibiting 

 the two silvery lines running lengthwise with 

 the midrib on the under side. Cones in the 



