66 SEASIDE TREES AND SHRUBS 



foliage are not so liable to frost bites from spring 

 frosts as those of earlier growth, as the Common 

 Silver Fir and others, especially when the trees 

 are young and close to the ground. Evergreen ; 

 Crimea, 1848 ; height 80 to 100 feet. 



Abies orientalis. See Picea orientalis. 



Abies pectinata, Common Silver Fir. This 

 noble Silver Fir is very slow-growing while it is 

 young, but when it is established and gets well 

 away from the ground it then begins to grow 

 rapidly, soon overtopping some of the other trees. 

 In exposed positions by the seaside it must have 

 shelter until well established, then it is magnificent, 

 but loses its feather when exposed or half exposed 

 to the north-east. It will succeed in good light 

 soil or good garden soil. It is useful for mixed 

 groups, or in plantations. It is a fine and useful 

 timber tree. Single specimens are handsome. 

 Evergreen; Central Europe, 1603; height 80 to 

 100 feet. 



Abies Pinsapo (syn. Picea Pinsapo], Spanish 

 Silver Fir. A grand species, very beautiful and 

 symmetrical in all stages of its growth. It grows 

 slowly and rather bushy when young. When well 

 established it grows more rapidly. The above is 

 the general description of this handsome tree, but 

 by the seaside it seems very delicate and very 

 difficult to advance in growth. On the Fyling 

 Hall estate its near relative, A. cephalonica, has 



