8 ABIES, OR 



Abies excelsa brevifolia, Crimps. The Short-leaved Minia- 

 ture Spruce. 

 A distinct pigmy Spruce, with very minute leaves. 



Abies excelsa denudata, Hort, the Naked or Twig-branched 



Common Spruce. 

 Syn. Abies excelsa virgata, Jacques. 

 Picea excelsa denudata, Carriere. 

 This variety differs principally from the monstrous form of 

 the Common Spruce, in the lesser branches being more twiggy, 

 spreading, reflected, and a little more divided at irregular dis- 

 tances, and in the leaves being stouter, and lying more closely 

 along the branchlets. It is of French origin. 



Abies excelsa elegans, Loudon, the Elegant Common Spruce. 

 Syn. Abies elegans, Smith. 

 excelsa dumosa, Hort. 



A dwarf variety, with very slender gray foliage, only grow- 

 ing 4 or 5 feet high, with a very compact pretty appearance. 



Abies excelsa eremita, Knight, the Solitary Ked-branched 



Common Spruce. 



Syn. Abies miniata, Knight. 

 Picea excelsa eremita, Carriere. 

 A variety with short stout branches, covered with a yellowish 

 red bark, and mostly solitary, or free from laterals ; the leaves 

 are short, irregularly four-sided, somewhat two-rowed, from 

 being reverted or bent backwards, and mostly blunt-pointed. 



It nearly approaches Abies excelsa monstrosa, but is much 

 less branching, and with the bark generally of a much redder 

 colour. 



