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hardy in our climate, and others are not so. In this section I shall only 

 take a brief notice of those which have come under my own observation 

 and experience. These are as follows : 



A lies alba, white American spruce. 



,. Albertiana, Albert's spruce. 



-, Canadensis, hemlock spruce. 



., Douglasii, Douglas's spruce fir. 



excelsa, common Norway spruce. 



Hookeriana, Hooker's fir. 



Khutrow, Himalayan spruce. 



Menziesii, Menzies's spruce fir. 



nigra, black spruce. 



Orientalis, Oriental spruce fir. 



,, Pattoniana. 

 J'icea balsamea, balm of Gilead silver fir/ 



bracteata. 



Cephalonica, Cephalonian silver 

 fir. 



,, grandis, great Californian silver 

 fir. 



nobilis, noble silver fir. 



Nordmaniana, Nordman's silver 

 fir. 



pectinata, common silver fir. 



Pichta, Pitch silver fir. 



Pindrow, tooth-leaved silver fir. 



Pinsapo, Pinsapo silver fir. 

 Pinus Austriaca, Austrian pine. 



Banksiana, Banks's pine. 



JBentfiamiana, Bentham's pine. 



Cembra, Swiss stone pine. 



Pinus excelsa, Nepaul pine. 

 Halepensis, Aleppo pine. 

 Hartwegii, Hartweg's pine. 

 inops, Jersey pine. 



insignis, remarkable pine. 

 Jeffreyii, Jeffrey's pine. 

 Lambertiana, Lambert's pine. 

 Laricio, Corsican pine. 

 macrocarpa, large-coned pine. 

 Mugho, Mugho's pine. 

 muricata, Bishop's pine. 

 pinaster, cluster pine. 

 Pinea, stone pine. 

 ponderosa, heavy-wooded pine. 

 Pumilo, mountain pine. 

 Sabiniana, Sabin's pine. 

 strobus, Weymouth pine. 

 fylvestris, Scots pine. 

 Tcada, Loblolly pine. 

 tuberculata, tuberculated pine. 

 Larix Europcea, common larch. 

 Cedrus Libanii, cedar of Lebanon. 

 Atlantica, Mount Atlas cedar. 

 .. Deodara, Deodar or Indian cedar. 

 A raucaria, imbricata, Chili pine. 

 Gitpressus Lawsoniana. 



torulosa. 

 Wellingtonia gigantea. 



I shall take these in the order in which they are given, and make a 

 few remarks in reference to each. I commence, accordingly, with the 

 Abies, or fir tribe. 



ABIES. 



Abies alba (White American Spruce, Michaux). -This tree is a native 

 of Canada, where it is found growing on light sandy soils, but inclined 

 to moist. It has grown well on the estate of Wass in rocky soil. It 

 is known from the common spruce by its light-green appearance. It 

 reaches a height of fifty feet. 



Abies Albertiana (Albert 's Spruce, Murray). This is a native of Oregon, 

 in California, and of British Columbia. It there attains a height of fully 

 one hundred feet, and is a beautiful, dark, graceful tree. The branches 

 are long and slender, with a drooping habit, which gives the tree a veiy 



