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Description of Foreign Trees 
61. Silver Fir of Colorado. (Abies concolor.) 
LeaF: 2’, flat, blunt-pointed, somewhat 2-ranked, bluish 
above, whitish beneath; rare. 
62. Cephalotaxus. (C. fortunei.) 
LEAF: 3’ or more, flat, gradually sharp-pointed, rather long, 
2-ranked ; fruit elliptical, a little over 1’ long. China. 
63. European Yew. (Taxus baccata.) 
LEAF: 1’, flat, green both sides, rather 2-ranked ; pistillate 
flower developing into a small, red, berry-like fruit with blackish 
seed ; a tall tree in Europe, but only a low tree or shrubby in 
this country, of which our ‘‘ ground hemlock” is a variety. (Pl. 
IV.) 
64. Asiatic Silver Fir. (Abies Nordmanniana.) 
LeaF: 1’, flat, blunt, curved, rather broad, and quite thick set 
on branch, green above, whitish beneath ; cone, ovate, large. 
65. Douglas Spruce. (Tsuga Douglasii.) 
LEAF : I’ or more, flat, minutely stemmed, light green, some- 
what 2-ranked ; cone 2’~3', its serrate and pointed bracts pro- 
jecting beyond scales. Rocky Mountains and west. 
66. Japanese Yew. (Taxus cuspidata.) 
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LEAF: I, flat, linear, apex rounded then suddenly sharp, 
thickened on edge, 2-ranked ; low tree. 
67. Norway Spruce. (Abies excelsa.) 
LEAF: 3’, needle-shaped, single, rigid, pointed, growing from 
all sides of branch; cone 5’-7’, rather slender, its scales thin; 
generally recognized by pendent branchlets (especially in old trees) 
and long cones. Europe ; becoming naturalized. 
68. Eastern Spruce. (Abies orientalis.) 
_ LEAF: 1%’, short, needle-shaped, thick, 4-angled, blunt, not 
2-ranked ; cone, a little over 2’; tree much like ‘‘Norway,” but 
smaller in all details ; branches fine-hairy. Asia; rare. 
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