6 ABIES, OR 



of the mountain slopes of the Middle Park above the head of 

 Grand River. A magnificent tree, 100 feet high, with an even 

 'columner trunk, from 2 to U feet in diameter at the base, but 

 tapering upwards, and covered with a thin, smooth, scaly bark 

 of a purplish colour. It is also found abundantly on the head 

 waters of the Kettle, Colorado, Missouri, and Columbia rivers ; 

 and, according to Dr. Fendler, it extends down to Santa Fe, in 

 New Mexico. 



No. 4. Abies excelsa, D. C, the Common Norway Spruce. 



Syn. Abies Picea, Miller. 

 n communis, Hort. 

 Carpatica, Hort. 

 rugosa, Hort. 



Picea excelsa, Link. 

 Latinorum, Bauhin. 

 ,, major prima, Bauhin. 

 vulgaris, Link. 



Pinus cinerea, Reeling. 

 excelsa, Lamarck. 

 Picea, Du Roi. 



,, Abies, Linn. 



Leaves scattered, solitary, four-sided, deep sombre green, 

 curved, stiff, sharp-pointed, and more crowded together later- 

 ally than on the upper and under sides, and nearly 1 inch in 

 length. Branches on young trees nearly horizontal and dis- 

 posed in regular whorls from the base to the summit ; but in 

 old trees the bottom branches drop off, and the others become 

 rather pendulous. Cones produced on the points of the upper 

 branches, and when full grown become pendent ; from 5 to 7 

 inches long, and 1-| to 2 inches in breadth. Scales irregularly, 

 four-sided, or rounded, slightly incurved and rugged, or toothed 

 at the top. Seeds very small, with a wing three-quarters of 

 an inch long. Seed-leaves from 7 to 9 in number. 



A fine lofty tree, attaining to the height of 150 feet, or even 

 more in a favourable situation, with a straight trunk, from 2 



