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hama, near Kanagawa, and to the south of Yeddo, on the 

 island of Nippon, in Japan ; and, according to Dr. Lindley, a 

 beautiful tree, quite distinct, and unlike any other spruce, with 

 delicate toothed cylindrical cones, as broad at one end as the 

 other, and having the smallest seed of all the spruces (as the 

 specific name implies) ; a statement which requires some qualifi- 

 cation, as the seeds of the White, Black, and Red American 

 Spruces appear to be quite as small. 



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 Abies Tsuga, Siebold, the Yew-leaved Japan Spruce. 

 Syn. Micropeuce Sieboldii, Spach. 

 „ Abies Araragi, Loudon. 



The Japanese names for this Fir are " Tsuga" (Yew-leaved), 

 and '^ Araragi" (Yew-like). It is much used for planting 

 round their sacred temples, on account of its graceful appear- 

 ance, and a variety of it, called " Hime," or " Fime-Tsuga " 

 (dwarf Yew-leaved), is much cultivated in pots by the Japanese 

 in their town gardens, the plants never growing more than a 

 yard high under such circumstances, and with much smaller 

 foliage. 



It is said to be a large tree, attaining 100 feet in height, at 

 an elevation of 6,000 feet, on the sacred mountain Fusi-Yama, 

 near Yeddo. The " Fusi-Yama" is the highest mountain in 

 Japan (14,000 feet), with dense pine forests, chiefly composed 

 of this kind, covering its sides to 8,000 or 9,000 feet of eleva- 

 tion. 



Abies Tsuga nana, Siebold, the Dwarf Tsuga Spruce. 

 A little bush, seldom growing more than a yard high, with 

 much smaller and shorter leaves than the species. It is much 

 cultivated in pots by the Japanese, who call it " Hime," or 

 "Fime Tsuga" (the dwarf Yew-leaved). 



