OF ORNAMENTAL TREES. 165 



There are many fine specimens, though 

 but recently introduced, in some of our 

 streets, at- Eosedale, and many other places 

 in the vicinity. 



PICEA, Link. Nat. Ord. Pinaceao. Monoe- 

 cia, Monadelphia, Linn. Cones erect, cylin- 

 drical ; scales not thickened at the tip. Leaves 

 more entirely 2-rowed than in dbies. 



1. P. BALSAMEA, Linnceus. Leaves solitary, 

 silvery beneath, about a half inch long, some- 

 what recurved. Cones violet-colored, four 

 inches long, a half inch broad, tapering to- 

 wards the top. Seed about half the size of the 

 silver fir. Balsam fir. Native of the Northern 

 and Middle States. 



A well known and widely cultivated spe- 

 cies. It is readily distinguished from the 

 silver fir by the cones, and easily by practice 

 in the foliage and habit of the tree. It is a 

 very pretty conical tree while young, but be- 

 coming very meagre-looking by age, unless 

 in a very deep loam. It does well in most 

 soils, or situations that are not too wet or stiff. 

 The best Bartram specimen is sixty-two feet 



