48 SUPPLEMENT TO THE PINETUM". 



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PiCEA NOBiLis, Loudon, the Noble Silver Fir. 

 Syn. Pinus nobilis, Douglas. 

 This majestic tree, according to Douglas, forms vast forests 

 upon the mountains of Northern California, and produces 

 excellent timber. He says, " I spent three weeks in a forest 

 composed of this tree, and day by day could not cease to admire 

 it." The Indians along the Columbia River and on the north- 

 west coast call it Tuc Tuc (Big Tree). 



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 PiCEA NoRDMANNiANA, Loudon, Professor Nordmann's Silver 



Fir. 

 Syn. Abies candicans, Fischer, 

 „ „ pectinata leioclada, Link. 

 „ „ Picea leioclada, Lindley. 

 „ „ leioclada,* Steven. 

 „ Picea pectinata leioclada, Hort. 

 „ Pinus Picea, Toiirnefort, not Willdenow, 

 „ „ Nordmanniana, Steven. 

 The young shoots of this Fir are quite smooth and glossy 

 (hence the name leioclada), and its timber is said to be much 

 harder than that of the common Silver Fir. A truly beautiful 

 tree, from its leaves being very silvery beneath, and the great 

 abundance of its large, purplish strobiles, which are produced 

 on the upper side of the branches. 



* Much confusion has arisen with rei^ard to the rames applied to the 

 different Pines and Firs found in the Russian empire, from the want of har- 

 mony among the botanists and travellers in that country, the consequence 

 of which has been either the misapplication of old names, or the giving of 

 new ones to well-known kinds, as is clearly indicated with respect to the 

 present kind, and some others from that country. 



