Winter buds (some leaves cut away to show the buds) 



THE BALSAM FIR {Abies Fraseri) 

 The lustrous dark leaves are pale beneath. They are blunt, even notched, at the tips. This is the fir of the Appalachian Mountai 



Winter bud (some leaves removed) 



THE WHITE FIR {Abies concolor) 



This Colorado tree is often seen in Eastern gardens as a beautiful pale, bluish 

 evergreen tree. In the mountains of California it becomes a mighty tree over 

 200 feet high. Its bark on old trunks is very thick and broken into broad ridges. 

 The foliage is sometimes silvery white 



Bark and wood of another Western white 

 {Abies grandis) 



