1.8 Illustrations of Conifers. 



ABIES MARIESII (Masters). 



Gardeners' Chronicle, Vol. XII. p. 788 (1879), with fig. 



Veitch's Man. Conif. ed. 2, p. 520 (1900). 



Tree* of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. IV. p. 771 (1909). 



A tree attaining in Japan a height of 80 feet and a girth of 6 feet. 

 Branchlets densely covered with a very distinct rusty pubescence. 

 Leaves on lateral branches arranged as in A. Nordmanniana, the 

 median leaves on the upper side nearly appressed to the stem, 

 shorter than the lower leaves which spread outwards and slightly 

 forwards, linear, flattened, tapering at the base and widest in their 

 upper third ; apex round and bifid ; upper surface yellow-green, shin- 

 ing ; lower surface with two white bands of stomata. 



Cones ellipsoid, about 4 inches long and 2 inches in diameter, 

 violet when young, dark-brown when mature. Scales fan-shaped ; 

 seed-wing nearly twice the length of the seed. 



Abies Mariesii was discovered by Maries in 1878 on Mount Hak- 

 koda. It occurs in the mainland of Japan and in Formosa at high 

 altitudes from 5,000 to 7,000 and 10,000 feet. The cones figured 

 are a reproduction of a drawing supplied by the Yokohama Nursery 

 Company. 



Three specimens were planted at Bayfordbury in 1908. 



