TREES AND SHRUBS 



Plowers mona?ciou.s ; Fruit a cone, sessile, oval or oblong, 4-5^^ ins. long, 

 2 ins. diam., purplish-green, scales rounded, entire, cuneate at base, bracts short, 

 concealed by broad rounded scales ; seeds angular, wings membranaceous. 



Leaves disposed around branches, linear, rigid, thick, almost fleshy, nearly 

 terete, entire at apex, prickly, bright green, faint silvery lines on inner side, 

 x\ in. long. 



An evergreen tree, 50-100 ft. ; regular and symmetrical; Branches whorled, 

 densely clothed with laterals ; Bark darker and more scaly than Common Silver 

 Fir ; Wood hard, close-grained. 



Introduced from S. Spain, 1839. 



DOUGLAS FIR, Pseudotsuga Doiiglasii. 



Parks and plantations, gardens. May. Propagated by seeds sown in sandy 

 loam in temperature of 55° in March, or outdoors in April. 



Floxvers monoecious ; Males long-ovoid, orange-red, clustered at intervals 

 on underside of previous year's shoots, anthers numerous, globose ; FeJiiales 

 small, at tips of lateral branches, pendulous, isolated or grouped, bracts 

 acute, 2-lobed, midrib prolonged ; Fruit a cone, ovate-oblong, pendulous, 

 terminal, '2%-^ ins. long, IJ-lf in- broad, reddish- brown, scales broad, rounded, 

 bracts large, 3-clawed. middle awn long ; bears after about 25 years ; 

 seeds reddish-brown, wings dark brown, rounded at apex, \ in. long. 



Leaves flat, linear, falcate, blunt, entire, pectinate, 2-rowed, rich green 

 above, two silvery lines beneath, l-lj in. long, persisting 0-7 years. 



An evergreen tree, 80-120 ft.; pyramidal outline; Brunches at lowest 



part bending downwards, those higher spreading horizontally, uppermost 



slightly ascending ; bra/ichlets mostly in opposite pairs ; Bark thick, scaling, 



reddish-brown, deep irregular fissures ; Wood hard, durable, susceptible of fine 



polish ; heartwood yellow, fine-grained, light weight, or red, coarse-grained, 



and heavier ; sapwood yellowish ; used in shipbuilding ; timber known as 



Oregon Pine. 



Native of N. America; seeds first sent to England by Douglas, 1826: 



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