CONIFERS 



CILICIAN SILVER FIR, Abies dlidca. 



Parks. ]\Iay. A tree resembling the Common Silver Fir {A. pectinata), 

 but with branches and foliage less plentifully produced ; it is not very hardy. 



Flowers moncecious ; Male catkins pedunculate, cylindrical, rounded at ends ; 

 Fruit a cone, cylindrical, G-8 ins. long, scales broad, entire, thin, coriaceous, 

 bracts ligulate, crenated, hidden by scales ; seeds three-cornered, full of turpen- 

 tine, wings cuneate. 



Leaves crowded in 2 ranks, linear, slightly curved or straight, dark green 

 above, glaucous beneath, l-lj in- long. 



An evergreen tree, 40 GO ft. ; Branches mostly in whorls, lower ones hori- 

 zontal ; branchlets slender, short, flat, spreading, in 2 horizontal rows. 



Introduced from Mount Taurus, in Asia Minor. 



COLORADO WHITE FIR, Abies concolor. 



Parks, gardens. May. The yellow bark on the young branches makes this 

 a very attractive tree. It is distinguished by its leaves being nearly of the same 

 colour on both surfaces. It thrives well in exposed situations. 



Flowers monoecious ; 3Talcs red or rose ; Females, scales broad, rounded ; 

 Fruit a cone, cylindrical, produced singly, obtuse both ends, 3-5 ins. long, 2-21^ 

 ins. diam., scales numerous, imbricated, lai-ger than short-pointed bracts; seeds 

 ^^ in. long, dark dull brown, wings rose. 



Leaves distichously arranged in double rows, those in lower rows 2-3 ins. long, 

 upper ones shorter, channelled above, linear, flat, obtuse or emarginate on vege- 

 tative shoots, acute on shoots bearing cones, glaucous green, those on fertile 

 branches often falcate. 



An evergreen t7^ee, 80-150 ft. ; 7iar/i' on young branches yellow or orange, 

 turning reddish-brown, then grey or greyish-brown, on old trunks thick, 

 furrowed, irregular plate-like scales ; lii/ds globose ; JFood very light, soft, 

 coarse-grained, not strong, pale brown, sometimes nearly wiiite. 



Native of Colorado, Utah, and Arizona; introduced 1851. Syn. Picea 



lasiocarpu (Balfour). In California reaches height of 200-250 ft. 



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