166 AMERICAN HANDBOOK 



high, and three feet two inches in circum- 

 ference. 



The seed should be sown early in the 

 spring in a bed of sandy loam or peat, rather 

 thinly, and but slightly covered with soil. 

 They will appear in a few weeks. When two 

 years old, they may be removed to nursery- 

 rows, planted about eighteen inches apart. 



2. P. CEPHALONICA, London. Leaves awl- 

 shaped, terminating in a long, sharp prickle ; 

 almost sessile, flat, dark-green above, silvery 

 beneath, the base of the leaf of a lighter color 

 than the rest of it. Cephalonian silver fir. 



Growing about sixty feet high in its native 

 country. The largest I have seen near Phila- 

 delphia is not over three. It seems most at 

 home in a cool sandy loam. The buds of 

 this species and of P. pectinata, are very apt 

 to be destroyed in severe winters, while the 

 plants are young. A little cotton wrapt 

 around the buds of the leading shoots will be 

 a sufficient protection. 



3. P. FRAZEKI, Pursh. Leaves short, 

 crowded, flat, emarginate, a half inch long, 

 silvery beneath. Cones oblong ovate, bracts 

 obcordate, mucronate, reflexed outwards. 



