3i6 DIVERSIONS OF A NATURALIST 



FIG. 35. The upright spine-bearing cone of the 

 Silver Fir, Abies pectinata. The cones vary 

 from this size to one-third as long again. 

 (Copied from Veitch's " Manual of the Coni- 

 ferae," by kind permission of Messrs. Veitch. ) 



silver fir (Fig. 35). It has a triangular re-curved point, 

 which gives the cones of that species a characteristic 



