THE 



Gardeners Dictionary- 



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BELE Tree. Vhlc 

 Populus. 



ABIES; The 

 Firr Tree. 

 The characters of 

 this Tree are, 

 It is ever-green j 

 the Leaves Are Jingle, and for the 

 m^Jl pari ^reduced on every Side the 

 Branches ; the Male Flowers ( or 

 Catkins ) are placed at remote Di- 

 Jiances from the Fruit on the fame 

 Tree ; the Seeds are produced in Cones, 

 which are fo^uamoje. 



The Species of this Tree, which 

 are at prefent to be found in 

 the FngliJJj Gardens, are, 



1 . Abies; Taxi folio ; fruHu 

 furfum fpeciante. Tourn, Tiie Silver, 

 or Yew-leaved Firr Tree. 



2. Abies; Tenuiori folio ^ fruclu 

 deorfum injlexo. Tourn. The Com- 

 mon Fir or Pitch Tree j fometimes 

 called, The Norway or Spruce Firr. 



5. Abies ; Minor; peciinatis fo- 

 liis ; Virginiana ; conis parvis fuh- 

 rotundis. Fluk. Aim, The Virgi- 

 nian Firr Tree, with fmali roundilh 

 Cones. 



4. Abies; Taxi folio; fru^u Ion- 

 gijjimoy deorfum injlexo. The Yew- 



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leav'd Firr Tree, with lon^ hang- 

 ing Cones, commonly called. The 

 Long-con'd Cornifli Firr. 



f. Abies; Fice^t. foliis Irevihus ; 

 conis minimis. Rand. The Pitch- 

 leav'd Firr Tree, with fmall Cones. 



6. Abies; Fice& foliis brevioribusi 

 conis parvis, biuncialibus Jaxis.Ra?;d. 

 The ihorteft Pitch-leav'd Firr Tree, 

 with loofe Cones. 



7. Abies; Taxi foliis ; odora Bal- 

 Jami Gileadenjis. Raii Kijl. App, 



The Balm of Gilead Firr, Vulgo. 



8. Abies; Taxi folio; Jruciu ro- 

 tundiore, obtufo. The Yew- leav'd 

 Firr Tree, with round Cones, by 



Jome called,Thc Balm of Gilead Firr. 



The firft and fecond Sorts of 

 Firrs are very common in mofl 

 Gardens, and Plantations of ever- 

 green Trees; and the fecond Sort 

 is very common in the Woods of 

 Nervpay, and is the Tree that affords 

 the white Deals. 



Thefe Trees were ( not many 

 Years fmce ) much efteeraed for 

 Ornaments in ever-green Gardens ; 

 but the Leaves and lower Branches 

 decaying and foo.n falling off, fb 

 as to render the under Par of the 

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