GARDEN FLOWERS, 



HOW TO CULTIVATE THEM. 



ABIES. Spruce Fir. [Pinaceae.] Hardy evergreen or- 

 namental trees and shrubs, growing in common soil, 

 and increased by seeds and by grafting. A numerous family. 



A. Ajonesis (Ajona) ; large tree; Siberia. A. alba (white 

 spruce); 50 feet ; May; North America ; 1700. A. alba ttana 

 (dwarf) ; May. A. amabilis (lovely) ; 180 feet ; April ; New Cali- 

 fornia; 1831. A. aromatica (aromatic); 100 feet; Oregon. A. 

 balsamea (balsam-fir) ; 45 feet ; May ; North America. A. bracte- 

 ata (bracted) ; 120 feet ; California. A. Brrinoniana (Brown's) ; 

 75 feet ; Nepaul. A. Canadensis (Canadian ; hemlock-spruce) ; 

 85 feet; May; North America; 1736. A. Cephalonica (Cepha- 

 lonian); 60 feet; May; Cephalonia ; 1824. A. concolor (one- 

 colored); mountains of Mexico. A. Doiiglasii (Douglas's) ; 170 

 feet ; May ; North America ; 1826. A. excelsa (lofty) ; 150 feet ; 

 May ; north of Europe. Carpatica, Clanbrasiliana, gigantea, 

 monstrosa, mucronata, nana, tenuifolia, variegata, and viminalis 

 are all varieties of excelsa. A. falcata (sickle-leaved) ; 35 feet ; 

 Oregon. A. firma (solid); mountains of Japan. A. Fraseri 

 (Eraser's); 30 feet ; May; 1811. A. Fraseri nana (dwirf). A. 



