Abies Veitchii 
Native of Japan. 
Nat. Order : ConimFERa. Tribe : ABIETINE&. 
Abtes Vertchit, Lindley in Gard. Chron. 1861, p. 23; 
Veitch, Manual, ed. ii. 541 (1900); 
A. nephrolepis, Maximowicz in “ Bull. Acad. St. Petersb.” x. 485 
(1866); Prcea Vertchiz, Gordon “ Pinet,” ed. ii. 226. 
Among the many good things for which we have to thank 
the famous firm of Veitch, I think this is one of the best. It 
is quite the most handsome of the silver firs, and cannot fail 
to attract the attention, from the contrast between the dark 
green of the upper surface of the leaf and the brilliant silvery 
colour of the under surface. When moved by the wind in 
sunshine this is very striking. It is an alpine tree, and was 
discovered by the late Mr. J. G. Veitch on Fuji-yama in 1860. 
It is perfectly hardy, as may be supposed from its native 
habitat, and bears cones in great profusion, so much so that it 
is necessary sometimes to reduce the number, or the tree may 
suffer. It thrives in the most exposed situations, the wind and 
storm seeming to have no bad effect on it. The tree figured 
was planted in 1894, and is now thirteen feet in height and 
thirty feet in circumference. 
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