TREES AND SHRUBS 



JAPAN SILVER FIR, Abies fa-ma. 



Parks, gardens. May. Thrives best in light, rich loam, and sheltered from 

 cold winds. 



Flowers monoecious ; Fvjiit a cone, cylindrical, stalked, blunt, slightly 

 curved, 3-5 ins. long, 1 in. diam., scales cuneate at base, rounded and crenulate, 

 membranaceous, deciduous, bracts acute ; seeds triangular, wings broad. 



Leaves solitary, somewhat 2-rowed, linear, flat, blunt at apex or bifid, 

 slightly falcate, smooth, coriaceous, rich green above, silver lines below, 1 in. 

 or more long, sometimes cleft at tips in young stage of growth. 



An evergreen tree, 40-30 ft. ; Blanches whorled, horizontal, spreading, 

 flat ; branchlets opposite ; Buds oval, smooth, in threes, scales imbricate, 

 membranaceous. 



Native of Japan; there called "Uro-Siro" (leaves white beneath) and 

 " Sjura-Momi " (White or Silver Fir); introduced 1861. Syn. A. bifida. 



GREAT SILVER FIR, Abies grandis. 



Parks, gardens. May. A handsome Conifer, well adapted for ornamental 

 planting, and growing well on poor soils. 



Flowers moncecious, usually on upper branches of tree ; Males pale yellow, 

 sometimes tinged purple ; Females light yellow-green, scales semicircular, 

 bracts short, oblong, apex broad, obcordate, emarginate, reflexed tip ; Fruit 

 a cone, cylindrical, bronzy-green, 2-4 ins. long, usually in pairs, \\ in. diam., 

 scales broad at apex, 3-4 times length of bracts ; seeds § in. long, light brown, 

 wings |— g in. long, nearly as broad at apex. 



Leaves thin, flexible, deeply grooved, dark green above, silvery-white 

 beneath ; on sterile branches remote, terete, emarginate ; on fertile branches 

 crowded, nearly erect, obtuse or notched at apex ; on young trees acute or 

 acuminate. 



An evergreen t?ce, 70-100 ft. ; Branches in flat horizontal tiers, somewhat 



pendulous ; branchlets glabrous, pale yellow-green to brown ; Bark smooth, 



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