CONIFEROUS TREES 



ABIES BEACTEATA, Nutt. 



Gard. Chron. 1853, p. 435 ; Bot. Mag. t. 4740 ; Fl. des Serres, torn. ix. t. 109 ; Gard. 

 Chron. 1889, vol. v. p. 242, fig. 44, p. 241; Man. Con. 1900, ed. 2, p. 493, figs. 127, 

 128, and a full-page illus. 



Introduced through William Lobb from the Santa Lucia mountains, 

 South California, in 1853, first seen by the Scot, David Douglas, 

 travelling in South California for the Horticultural Society of London, 

 1830-1832, and shortly afterwards by Dr. Thomas Coulter, but no ripe 

 seed obtained. 



Theodore Hartweg, at that time in the service of the Horticultural 

 Society of London, again made the attempt in 1846, but with no better 

 success, and it was not till 1852 that William Lobb sent seed to Exeter, 

 and from plants raised in this country of this consignment originated all 

 the older specimens of Abies bracteata in Europe. 



In describing the species in the Botanical Magazine, Sir Joseph 

 Hooker remarks, " Perhaps the introduction of no Conifer, not even that 

 of the Deodar, has excited a more lively interest in horticulture and 

 arboriculture than that of the present species with its porcupine fruits." 



ABIES CONCOLOE, Lindl & Gard. 



Syns. Picea con color, A. Murr. 



Gard. Chron. 1890, vol. viii. p. 748, figs. 147, 148; Man. Con. 1900, ed. 2, p 502 



fig. 129. 



Abies concolor was introduced from the Sierra Nevada of California 

 through William Lobb in 1851, and at the same time seed was received 

 by the Scottish Oregon Association from Southern Oregon. 



The plants raised from Lobb's consignment were distributed under the 

 name of A. lasiocarpa, and those sent to the Scottish Oregon Association 

 as A. grandis. 



ABIES FIEMA, Sieb. & Zucc. 



Gard. Chron. 1861, p. 265; ul. 1879, vol. xii. p. 198; Man. Con. 1900, ed 2 p 506 



figs. 130-132. 



Abies firma was introduced in 1861 by the late John Gould Veitch, and 

 again in 1878 by Charles Maries. 



Isolated specimens may be seen in favoured localities in this country, 



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