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is another variety, with longer and more glaucous leaves, called 

 P. longifolia. 



P. Pindrow (Upright Indian Silver fir) A fine tree, grow- 

 s y n - inj from eighty to one hundred feet, and 



Abies Webbiana. > J 



Taxus Lambertiana. found on the mountains of Bootan, at an 

 elevation of eleven to twelve thousand feet. In this country, 

 this variety has been constantly confounded with P. Webbiana^ 

 which it so closely resembles as to require the nicest scrutiny 

 to detect the difference. It also, like the Webbiana, suffers 

 from losing its leader, and on this account, even in England, it 

 is recommended to be planted on the north of woods or build- 

 ings; with this protection it may be classed as tolerably 

 hardy. 



P. Pinsapo (Pinsapo fir). This is a Spanish fir, very dis- 

 g ynm tinctive, and perfectly hardy everywhere, as 



Abies Pinsapo. far as tried. Our best specimen is ten feet 

 high, and exceedingly fine, being as regular 

 and symmetrical as the Balsam fir. Its greatest altitude 

 is seventy to eighty feet. It is found in Spain, on the moun- 

 tains between Ronda and Malaga ; also in Granada, and on the 

 highest parts of the Sierra de la Nieve even near the summits, 

 where snow lies at least five months in the year. 



P. Webbiana (Webb's Indian fir) A superb tree, growing 

 from seventy to eighty feet high ; discovered on 



Abies spectabiiis. the Himmalayas above an elevation of ten thou- 



A. densa. j an( j p r Hooker found it in Sikkin at an 



Pinus striata, etc. 



elevation of thirteen thousand feet. A beauti- 

 ful dye of an exquisite violet tint is extracted from the cones, 

 whence the name by which it is known in this country, "Webb's 

 Purple coned fir :" like P. Pindrow, it suffers in its leader, if ex- 

 posed, but does pretty well in a wood. 



Pinus. THE PINE. 



Of this, the largest and most important family of evergreens, 

 there are, at present, known and cultivated in England and in 

 collections on the Continent, about sixty varieties ; twenty-four 

 of which have proved hardy in the United States, or, at least, 

 in our portion of it on the Hudson River and there are a few 



