Abies concolor, var. Lowiana 
Native of California. 
Nat. Order: ConiIFERA, Tribe: ABIETINEA. 
Abies concolor, var. Lowzana, Lemmon, ‘“‘ West Amer. Cone Bearers,” 
64 (1895); Veitch, Manual, ed. ii. 503 (1900); A. Lowzana, 
Murray, in Proceed. R. Hort. Soc. iii. 317 (1863). 
This is another instance of the great variability of dzes 
concolor, noticed under the typical or Colorado form. It was 
introduced by Messrs. Low of Clapton in 1857 and was dis- 
tributed by them under the name of 4. Lowiaua, its close 
relationship to the Colorado type being unknown to them at 
the time. In Great Britain, as on its native mountains, it is 
a noble tree; at Castlewellan it is furnished with branches 
from the ground upwards, which spread horizontally in tiers 
one above the other with perfect regularity, and are clothed 
with foliage of a light lustrous green colour. It is one of the 
hardiest of the Californian conifers, and grows vigorously 
even in exposed situations. Nor is it in Great Britain alone 
that its usefulness as an ornamental tree has been proved. 
In the Eastern United States, where few of the West American 
conifers thrive, and also in Europe from Southern Scandinavia 
to Northern Italy, 4. coucoloy in one or other of its forms 
is one of the most handsome of garden conifers. 
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