TREES AND SHRUBS 



broadly elliptic, obtuse, loosely imbricated, persistent ; seeds small, angular, 

 wing obovate. 



Leaves solitary, somewhat distichous or scattered, linear, flat, spreading, 

 obtuse or slightly acute, minutely toothed towards apex, margins reflexed, 

 glossy green above, silvery white-mealy beneath, \-\ in. long, easily detached by 

 winter winds. 



An evergreen tree, 70 80 ft. ; pyramidal, with round head ; Branches 

 numerous, slender, pendent. 



Native of Bhotan ; introduced 1838. Syns. Abies {Pinus) hrunoniana, 

 A. {Pi mis) diimosa. 



HEMLOCK SPRUCE, Tsuga canadensis. 



Parks, gardens. April. Best in rather strong, damp loam ; good by a 

 lake side. " Few evergreen trees can surpass the Hemlock Spruce for beauty 

 and richness of foliage, or distinct and pleasing outline ; and during spring and 

 early summer the young drooping shoots, of a lively yellowish-green, contrast 

 nicely with the dark and sombre hue of the older foliage, and form a com- 

 bination that for beauty of effect is certainly hard to match." — Webster. 



Mozvers monoecious ; Males sub-sessile, solitary, in axils of upper leaves, 

 globose, light yellow ; Stamens numerous, anther cells sub-globose with short 

 gland-like tips ; l^emales solitary, terminal, erect, globose, pale green, scales 

 nearly circular, stipitate, bracts shorter than scales, lacinate ; Fruit a cone, 

 ovate-oblong, acute, T^-f in. long, pendulous, stalks puberulous, scales about 

 2.5, orbicular-oblong, obtuse, minutely lacerate or entire ; seeds very small. 



Leaves spirally disposed, irregularly distichous, oblong, rounded at apex, 

 rough at margins, obscurely grooved on upper surface, dark green above, 

 silvery stripes beneath, downy when young, ^-J in. long, deciduous in third 

 year, woody bases persistent. 



An evergreen tree, 60 70 ft. ; pyramidal, with rounded or flattened head ; 



liranches slender, horizontal or pendulous, rather flat, downy when young ; 



branchlets light yellow-brown, becoming glabrous and dark red-brown tinged 



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