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THE CULTIVATED EVERGREENS 



fissured in old trees; winter-buds ovoid, resinous; branchlets glabrous, 

 brownish: leaves spreading radially at nearly right angles, linear, thick and 

 rigid, acute or obtusish, |-| inch long, dark green and stomatiferous and 

 slightly convex above, with grayish bands beneath: cones cylindric, 4-5 

 inches long, purplish-brown; scales about 1 inch wide, with entire margin; 

 bracts small, hidden. Spain. — Introduced in 1837 by Captain Widdrington to 

 Great Britain. Hardy in sheltered positions as far north as Massachusetts. 

 A handsome tree of striking appearance doing well on limestone soil. 



Var. argentea, Beiss. With silvery-white foliage. Var. glauca, Beiss. 

 Blue Spanish F. With glaucous foliage. 



Of this species the following hybrids are known: 



A. Vilmorinii, Mast. {A. cephalonica XA. Pinsapo). A handsome vigorous 

 tree with spreading spiny-pointed leaves about 1 inch long; intermediate 

 between the parents. Originated in 1868 in France. 



A. insignis, Carr. {A. Nordmanniana X A. Pinsapo). A broad-pyramidal 

 vigorous tree; winter-buds resinous: leaves crowded, the upper ranks pointing 

 forward, thickish, lustrous bright green, usually obtuse at apex, about 1 inch 

 long. Raised first in 1872 and repeatedly afterward; several forms have been 

 distinguished, as var. Beissneriana, Rehd. {A. Beissneriana, Mott.), var. 

 Kentiana, Rehd. {A. Kentiana, Mott.), var. Masterslana, Rehd. (A. Master- 

 siana, Mott.), and var. speciosa, Rehd. {A. Nordmanniana speciosa, Bailly). 

 20. A. cephalonica, Loud. (A. panachaica, Heldr. A. Regince-Amalice, 

 Heldr.). Greek F. Fig. 67. Tree to 100 feet tall; bark grayish-brown, 



smooth, fissured in old trees; winter- 

 buds ovoid, reddish, resinous; brancldets 

 lustrous, red-brown, glabrous: leaves 

 radially spreading and slightly directed 

 forward, the middle ranks above shorter, 

 linear, stiffs, gradually narrowed into a 



67. Abies 

 cephalonica 



sharp point, 3^-1 inch long, shining deep 



L few 

 bands 

 cones 



13^-2 



green above, sometimes with 

 stomata near apex, with white 

 beneath, the margins obtuse: 

 cylindric, 5-7 inches long and 

 inches in diameter, brownish; 

 with convex undulate or entire margin; 

 bracts exserted and reflexed. Greece. — 

 Introduced in 1824 to Great Britain. 

 Hardy as far north as 

 Massachusetts; a handsome 

 tree with radially spread- 

 ing pungent leaves. 



