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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[APRIL 11, 1863, 
intoa rd — The answer is this :— — 
et e 
the less Sud HS „Шы, нщ! took much 
and had made a very co 
pres 
m 
will occur, 
vs Meg pabulum |, 
its wa 
soil, and being 
n root 
i en 
strong lateral roots, which are themselves nof only | 
d portion of the crop, but seriously disfigure | 
аз diminish the substance of the 
prineipal 
* | of a lover of Conifers 
gr cum. 
of those kinds which would 
rive de exposure to the sen breeze. It is, there- 
Fi more justly to His Royal Highness in his qui йу 
that the only mark of dist 
tion iin Botanists "have it in their power to bes 
Med they delight to а, is now Applied 
ect 
The follo owing is the description of Abies (Tsuga) 
Fi p given by Mr. Murray in the journal already 
quoted :— 
pe fona subdistichis planis acutiusculis margine e minu 
issime serrulato subtus glaucis, strobilis parvis quinque 
serebus н gu imos eis linearibus ватт. ош elon- 
gat 
—Habita р et Califo niâ Superior 
e of 100 to 150 feet in hei ght. pen 
fexible EL А нан chlets slider, with a d 
brown pubescent.  Pulvini slightly инду 
|decurrent “thickened at the m wholly adpressed t 
"|the branchlet ; phyllule semi-orbicular. Buds mal 
ани аб the base vast ni, and encl by one 
row o = ut five scales, Leaves from З to 7 lines long, 
perenn subdist ichous, petiolate, linear, somewhat 
SENA "entire, above glabrous and without stomata, 
аз Wi 
50088. 
Let 
below with а midrib, on S iih side of which are about 
9 or 10 irregular and Merge item rows of stomata. d 
dati of Salsaf 
ийын tho eh not Soleil grown, is one of 
most ү арту € emen of all o 
duced than a bundle of forks not so big as a lady's 
little finger—such samples being indeed excellent 
illustration ig what root Voip E 
all * an nd toes." Е 2C We T Ed 
sensible an ks 
spondent, b elping to aider Salsafy e rops 
success, may n vis without result in м 
во desirable an бае etd frequently and more | 
freely to our tables. 
New Plant 
255. Азза АТВЕВТІАМА, 4. гент нат Roy. Hort, 
Soc., iii., Tio, with figur 
taken pla and British Columbia, and 
from these, young tre e now being gradually dis- 
Minas over Britain. Jeffrey sent home his seeds and 
imens under the name of Abies taxifolia. This was 
at once seen be a misnomer, the absence of 
other denomination or ription it was usually spoken 
of as *Je х Abies taxifolia, with а sort of reserva- 
tion that this was.a wrong name. Мг. Gordon, how- 
ever, in his * Pin etum, gere it to be Abies Mer- 
tensiana, and as such i now generally recognised, 
goo кши, however, reserving their 
burgh, specimens of Bongard's Abies Mertensiana col- 
все by commute z in Sitcha. ti 
of thessi ear beyond a xs that J гез s | 
Mertensiana, Both ar 
nes fawn-coloured, about | 
an inch in length, elongate- xe, with five rows of 
slightly irre gular. Вгасіѕ Yu blunt at n. e point 5 
with the margins зен таре 3 lines in да and | 
rters of a breadt! Seeds small 
whi 
| со 
inequilateral, easily pee ted from the wing, w is 
the base 
scales in the longitudinal spiral, a amounting to about 
25 scales in ali. Scales puc ngate, hae oval, abont 
6 or 7 lines in length es in breadth, 
ен semewhat Кс, d йөр са on the 
ES v—À 
outside where expos ен nside and where 
covered by the Кошту pend Press eared н 
on опе side, rounded on the other, т, margins 
This was raised f 
ERTIAN 
in рсы 
vie ie of seeds €— from Тебу in dina 
nsequently about s ld. is about 1 
high, and the place Los. it is road 
an 
notice of this character: he e says thai 
and branchlets are very much Wbercited im "he 
leaves dave fallen? The cones, also, different, 
t 
half times its brea 
d ," Agassiz, i in his * Lake Superior," says, ‘There are in | 
slo) 
un 
xj 
e true Abies Mertensiana has not yet been intro- 
doe into this count: 
Jeffrey's Californian "Hemlock Spruce, first known 
емел s Аме taxifolia, 
es Mert 
and now being introdu 
айй, is not then the 
соб ай 
latter ec nor is 
EAS taxifolia, but a new species; and a 
uired by whic! 
of t 
er | the ө fi, or е ваше isothermal а; 
tatio: 
Wem ma; 
ves regeln ias s that the western coasts of continents 
er such сорай аге ers kely to have яте 
conditions of climate than an opposed east and west 
eee to find the e plants of the western ca 
аа ч thrive іп нем country па of the 
and that we may антет А anticipate | m 
Alberti: em t 
adensis, а suj supposition 
» 
of 
lection hr the Royal Horticultural Society. 
FISH AND FISHING.—No. III. 
due ees and Lear inm Bes ge уе 
wn, but is adt 
of the young plants of ' Abies Albertiana кем tried. 
< Along wi! ЕЕ this we give а T: of ias. tue itself, 
copied from a photograph о is 
er 
of fish. . exemp: 
motto in a phase more of “ IN 
on Му. George Patton's Mies TE die airnies 
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