40 Illustrations of Conifers. 



PICEA MORINDA (Link). WESTERN HIMALAYAN SPRUCE. 

 PICEA SMITHIANA (Boissier). 



Gardeners' Chroncile, Vol. XXIV. p. 898 (1885) with fig. 

 Veitch's Man. Conif. ed. 2, p. 454 (1900). 



A TREE which attains a height of 200 feet and a girth of 20 feet. 

 Bark brownish-grey and fissured. Branchlets pendulous, pale brown, 

 glabrous. 



Buds spindle-shaped, \ inch long, with reddish - brown scales. 

 Leaves radially arranged on all the branchlets, 1^-2 inches long, 

 tapering to a fine cartilaginous point, quadrangular in section, with 

 lines of stomata on all four sides. 



Cones cylindric, obtuse, 4-7 inches long, 1J-2 inches in diameter; 

 scales smooth, shining, with rounded and entire upper margin. Seeds 

 dark brown, with the wing f inch long. 



Picea Morinda, which was introduced into cultivation in 1818 

 by Dr. Gowan of Cupar, occurs in the western Himalayas from 

 Afghanistan to Nepal. The timber which is white and very soft can 

 only be used for inside work. 



The date of planting at Bayfordbury is not known. 



