Q56 THE CULTIVATED EVERGREENS 



Hardy as far north as New England and southern Ontario, and it has proved, 

 in the Eastern States, one of the most satisfactory and ornamental firs; it 

 forms a broad pyramidal tree usually densely branched to the ground and 

 with dark green lustrous foliage. 



66. Abies homolepis. 



Var. umbellata, Wils. (A. umbellata, Mayr. A. umbilicata, Mayr). Cone 

 green before maturity. — Introduced in 1891 by Dr. H. Mayr to Europe and 

 to this country. 



Var. Tomomi, Rehd. {A. Tomomi, Bobbink & Atkins). More sparingly 

 branched and with shorter leaves. 



A related species is A. Kawakamii, Hayata. Branchlets deeply grooved, 

 yellowish, pubescent in the grooves or nearly glabrous: leaves pointing 

 forward, the upper ranks ascending and curved: cones 2-3 inches long. 

 Formosa. — Not yet introduced. 



15. A. spectabilis, Spach {A. Webbiana, Lindl.). Himalayan F. Tree 

 to 150 feet tall; bark scaly, rough; winter-buds large, subglobosc, resinous; 

 branchlets reddish-brown, deeply grooved, pubescent in the grooves: leaves 

 arranged as in ^. homolepis, but larger, 1-2 J^ inches long, rounded or bifid 

 at apex, lustrous dark green above, with broad white bands beneath : cones 

 cylindric, 6-7 inches long, violet-purple before maturity; scales about ^ 

 inch broad; bracts hidden or slightly exserted. Sikkim and Bhutan Himalaya. 

 — Introduced in 1822 to Great Britain. A handsome tree with wide-spreading 



