SPRUCE FIRS. 11 



A striking kind, on account of its compact pyramidal form ; 

 of French origin. 



!c Abies excelsa stbicta, Loudon, the Dwarf Conical Common 



Spruce. 

 Syn. Abies excelsa conica, Keteleer. 

 Picea excelsa conica, Garribre. 

 „ Pinus Picea conica, Endlicher. 

 A very neat dwarf variety, quite conical in shape, and not 

 more than 3 or 4 feet in height, with the branches and branch- 

 lets erect and numerous. Leaves slender, very closely com- 

 pressed, bright green, marked along the sides with glaucous 

 lines, and seldom more than half an inch in length, and ter- 

 minating in a slender point. It is a very nice, compact 

 variety. 



Abies excelsa tenuifolia, Loudon, the Slender Spruce. 

 Syn. Abies excelsa attenuata, Hort. 

 „ „ gracilis microphylla, Hort. 

 „ „ microphyUa, Hort. 

 This variety differs in having very thin slender leaves, and 

 attenuated branches, with few branchlets. 



Abies excelsa variegata, Loudon. 

 Syn. Abies excelsa foliis variegata, Loudon. 

 This differs in having some of its leaves, and occasionally 

 some of the lesser branchlets, pale yellow, or whitish in colour, 

 intermixed with the ordinary green foliage of the plant. Abies 

 excelsa aurea, recently introduced by Messrs. J. and C. Lee, 

 is probably a richer variety of the above. 



No. 5. Abies Jessoensis, Siebold, the Jesso Fir. 

 Syn. Abies microsperma, Lindley. 

 „ Pinus Jessoensis, Antoine. 

 „ Picea microsperma, Garritre. 

 Jessoensis, Carrihre. 



Leaves, sub-tetragonal or needle-shaped, linear-lanceolate, 



