1032 



ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



1930. A. (n.) rubra. 



in length, with rather a small rigid wing. The rate of growth of A. nigra is 

 more rapid than that of A. alba under similar circumstances. 



I 6. A. (n.) ru'hra Pair. The red Spruce Fir, or Ketvfoundland red Pine. 



Identification. Poir. Dirt. Encyc. ; Dii Roi Harbk., ed. Pott., 2. p. 182. 



Synonymes. P. americana rubra IV/mg. Beyt. p. 75. ; Pinus rClbra Lamb. Pin. 1. t. 38., Pursh 



Sept. 2. p. G40. ; /J^bips pectinata I.am. 

 Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. t. 38. ; Wang. Beyt., t. 16. f. 54. ; and our fig. 1930. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves solitary, awl-shaped, acuminate. Cones oblong, 

 blunt; scales round, somewhat 2-lobed, entire. {Lamb. Pin.) Leaves little 

 more than i in. long ; slightly tetragonal. Cones about 1 in. long, and i in. 

 broad; scales notched. Seeds very small. A large tree. Nova Scotia, 

 and about Hudson's Bay. Height 70 ft. to 80 ft. Cultivated in England 

 before 1755. Flowering in May, and ripening its cones the following spring. 



Varieti/. A. (n.) r. 2 

 ccerulea, A. ca^riilea 

 Booth. Has glau- 

 cous leaves, and 

 appears to us to 

 differ from A. (n.) 

 rubra only in the 

 colour of the cones. 



The cones are ra- 

 ther longer and red- 

 der than those of A. 

 nigra, and covered 

 -v^ith resin. Michaux 

 says that the red 

 spruce is in no way 

 inferior to the black 



spruce in the quality of its timber, which "unites in the highest degree all 

 the good qualities that characterise the species." He also states that, instead 

 of being a low tree, it is superior in size to 

 the black spruce, as it generally grows in 

 richer soil ; and that the wood is reddish, 

 instead of being white. In Lawson's Manual, 

 it is stated that A. riibra dilfers essentially 

 both from A. nigra and A. alba in all its 

 parts ; and particularly in its leaves, which 

 are more slender and sharper-pointed than 

 in either of these species, 



C. Native of Nepal, 

 i. 7. A. Khu TROW. TheKhutrow SpruceFir. 



Synonymes. A. Smithi'ann Arb. Brit. 1st edit, p 2317. ; 



Plans A7(i2/>-0!/' Royle 111. p. 3.53 ; '^Pinus Smithjana 



Wall. PI. Asiat. Rur, 3. p. 24. ; /I'bies SmitluViwa 



Lindl. Pen. Cyo. 1. p. 31. ; A. Moriuda Hort. ; Uaga, 



or Raggoe, in the Parhutce language. 

 Engrai'ings. Wall. PI. As. Kar., t. 246. ; Royle 111., t. 84. 



f. 4. ; and our fig. 1931. from Royle ; and fig. 0003. in 



p. OCOO. 



Spec. Char., Sec. Leaves compressed, tetra- 

 gonal, straight, awl-shaped, sharp-pointed. 

 Cones ovate-oblong ; scales obovate- 

 ronndish, coriaceous, rigid, smooth on the 

 margin. Crest of the anthers roundish, 

 irregularly crenated. (Z). Don.) Leaves, 

 in Koyle's specimen, and in the Horticul- 

 tural Society's Garden, from ] in. to liin. in length. Cone, in Royle's 

 figure, (J in. long, and 2^ in. broad ; scale l|^in. in length, and the same in 



l'J31. 



