THE SILM^:R fir 246 



The Scotch Pine. 



The Scotch Pine or Fir {Pinus sylcestrls, Linn.), so 

 familiar to us in Britain, is rarely found above 5,000 

 feet in the Alps, though it is common enough in the 

 Lowlands and the Subalpine zone. The same is true 

 of the Silver Fir {Abies pectinata, D. C.) { = Phius 

 plcea, Linn.), which is a characteristic Subalpine tree, 

 only rarely occurring in the ^Vlpine zone. 



