ABIES 



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A. PlNSAPO, Boissier. SPANISH FIR. 



(Gardeners' Chronicle, 1885, ii., fig. 99.) 



A tree up to 100 ft. high ; young shoots glabrous, brown ; buds reddish, 

 resinous. Leaves densely arranged all round the branchlet (more equally 

 than in any other fir, but still somewhat more densely above), and standing out 

 stiffly from it at right angles ; they are \ to f in. long, about ^ in. broad ; thick, 

 abruptly pointed or blunt at the apex, dark green with numerous faintly defined 

 lines of stomata on both surfaces. Cones cylindric, with a tapered apex, 4 to 5 

 ins. long, about I j ins. wide, purplish brown ; bract small and completely 

 enclosed. 



Native of S. Spain, on the mountains of Granada ; always on limestone. It 

 was discovered in 1837, and introduced to England two years later. It 

 succeeds admirably in this country, especially where the soil is of a limy 

 nature. It is, perhaps, the most distinct and unmistakable of all the firs, 

 especially in the short, blunt leaves being set about equally all round the 

 branchlet. A very handsome and striking tree. 



Var. GLAUCA has leaves of a glaucous tint. 



ABIES VEITCHII. 



A. VEITCHII, Lindley. VEITCH'S SILVER FIR. 



(Gardeners' Chronicle, 1880, i., fig. 50 ; A. Eichleri, Louche^ 



A tree 50 to 70 ft. high ; young shoots brown, furnished with a more or less 

 scattered, minute down ; buds globose, very resinous, purplish. Leaves \ to 

 i-y- ins. long, ^ in. wide, the base tapered, the apex cut off straight and notched; 



