Abies concolor 
Native of Oregon and North California. 
Nat. Order: ConIFERz. Tribe: ABIETINEA. 
Abzes concolor, var. Lowzana, Lemmon, ‘‘ W. Amer. Cone Bearers,” 64 
(1895); Veitch, Manual, ed. ii. 503 (1900); A. Lowzana, 
Murray, in Proceed. R. Hort. Soc. iii. 317 (1863); 
A, grandis, Jeffrey not Lindley; 4. 
lastocarpa, Hort not Hooker. 
The tree here figured was planted as 4bdzes lasiocarfa, 
and was known under that name for many years; the cause 
of the confusion in the nomenclature not being then under- 
stood. The true 4dzes lasiocarpa, so named by the late Sir 
William Hooker, is a very different tree, inhabiting a different 
region, and only introduced at a comparatively recent date. 
The subject of this notice is a native of North California, 
spreading into the neighbouring districts of Southern 
Oregon, where trees may still be seen towering to a height of 
from 200 to 250 feet. It was discovered in 1851 by Jeffrey, 
the Collector of the Scottish Oregon Association, and shortly 
afterwards by William Lobb, in the employ of the Messrs. 
Veitch, both of whom sent seeds home under the name of 
A. grandis, which in its old age it much resembles, but the 
young trees differ so markedly in habit that the two species 
can be distinguished at a glance. It is a very beautiful and 
stately Fir, and forms a most symmetrical conical tree, 
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