Description of Foreign Trees 



6z. Silver Fir of Colorado. (Abies concolor.) 

 LEAF : 2', flat, blunt-pointed, somewhat 2-ranked, bluish 

 above, whitish beneath ; rare. 



62. Cephalotaxus. (C. fortunei.) 



LEAF : 3' or more, flat, gradually sharp-pointed, rather long, 

 2-ranked ; fruit elliptical, a little over i' long. China. 



63. European Yew. (Taxus baccata.) 

 LEAF : i', flat, green both sides, rather 2-ranked ; pistillate 

 flower developing into a small, red, berry-like fruit with blackish 

 seed ; a tall tree in Europe, but only a low tree or shrubby in 

 this country, of which our "ground hemlock" is a variety. (PI. 

 IV.) 



64. Asiatic Silver Fir. (Abies Nordmanniana.) 

 LEAF : i', flat, blunt, curved, rather broad, and quite thick set 

 on branch, green above, whitish beneath ; cone, ovate, large. 



65. Douglas Spruce. (Tsuga Douglasii.) 

 LEAF : i' or more, flat, minutely stemmed, light green, some- 

 what 2-ranked ; cone 2'-s', its serrate and pointed bracts pro- 

 jecting beyond scales. Rocky Mountains and west. 



66. Japanese Yew. (Taxus cuspidata.) 

 LEAF : i', flat, linear, apex rounded then suddenly sharp, 

 thickened on edge, 2-ranked ; low tree. 



67. Norway Spruce. (Abies excelsa.) 

 LEAF : ^', needle-shaped, single, rigid, pointed, growing from 

 all sides of branch ; cone 5 '-7', rather slender, its scales thin ; 

 generally recognized by pendent branch lets (especially in old trees) 

 and long cones. Europe ; becoming naturalized. 



68. Eastern Spruce. (Abies orientalis.) 

 LEAF : ^', short, needle-shaped, thick, 4-angled, blunt, not 

 2-ranked ; cone, a little over 2' ; tree much like "Norway," but 

 smaller in all details ; branches fine-hairy. Asia ; rare. 

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