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9. Abies concolor, Lindl. (WHITE 
Fir.) Leaves 2 to 3 in. long, mostly 
obtuse, but on young trees often long- 
pointed, 2-ranked, not crowded on the 
stem, pale green or silvery. Cones 
oblong-cylindrie, 3 to 5 in. long, 1!5 in. 
in diameter; scales twice as broad as 
long; bracts short, not projecting. A 
large tree, 75 to 150 ft. high; bark 
rough, grayish. Native in the Rocky 
Mountains; hardy at the Arnold Ar- 
boretum, Massachusetts, but needs 
some protection at St. Louis. 
TREES OF 
THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES 
tree, 30 to 60 ft. high, with bright brown bark 
and resinous buds. 
8. Abies Pinsapo, Bois. (Spanisu Fir.) | 
Leaves less than 1 in. long (usually 14 in.), 
rigid, straight, scattered regularly around the 
branches, and pointing in all directions; disk- 
like bases large; branches in whorls, and 
branchlets very numerous. Cones 4 to 5 in. 
long, oval, sessile; scales rounded, broad, en- 
tire; bracts short. A very handsome tree 
from Spain, and reported hardy at the Arnold 
Arboretum, 
A, céncolor. 
10. Abies Cilicica, Carr. (CILICIAN 
SILVER Fir.) Leaves flat, linear, 1 to 
QU G7 134 in. long and y4 in. broad, some- 
WWLZ LA 4 g ? 
what 2-ranked but rather irregularly 
beneath. Cones 7 to 8 in. long, nearly 
2 in. in diametér, cylindric, obtuse, 
erect, with thin and entire scales, and 
C7 seattered around the young shoots; 
EL ~ 4 shining dark green above and whitish 
GES L/ 
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FZ 7 
WIV short and hidden bracts. A very coni- 
zy cal tree, 50 ft. high, with branches in 
whorls, and numerous. small, slender 
A. Cilicica. 
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branehlets. Bark light gray; recently 
cultivated from Asia. 
