AfclES JEZOENSIS, A. MENZIESII. ?3 



The specific name, Jezoonsis, refers to the habitat. This tree 

 should not be confounded with the Foo-chow Fir, introduced by 

 Mr. Fortune, of which there are specimens cultivated in gardens 

 under the name of Abies Jezoensis. 



Habitat.— -The island of Yesso, northern Japan. 



Introduced in 1879 through our collector, Mr. Maries. 



Abies Menziesii is a tall strict tree, attaining its largest size 

 near the mouth of the Columbia Kiver. Its branches are regu- 

 larly whorled, somewhat stiff, and clothed with foliage by which 

 this species may be readily distinguished from all other Abies. 

 The leaves are slender, rigid, and sharp - pointed, light green 

 above, and marked by two silvery lines beneath; those above 

 being nearly erect, those below pointing laterally in two directions. 

 The cones are small, rarely exceeding 3 inches in length. 



Habitat. — North-west America, in the neighbourhood of the Pacific 

 coast, from about latitude 42° N. in California, to as far north 

 as latitude 67° in British Columbia.* 



Introduced, in 1831, by the Horticultural Society of London, 

 through their collector, David. Douglas. 



In Oregon and Washington territory, Abies Menziesii, in company 

 with A. Douglasii and Thuia gigantea, is one of the principal trees that 

 forms the dense coating of vegetation that covers the coast range of 

 mountains, but it never attains dimensions so gigantic as those of 

 A. Dougla&ii. Its timber is of excellent quality, and is used by the 

 settlers for various kinds of carpentry.! In Britain the growth and 

 appearance of A. Menziesii are much influenced by the soil and 

 situation in which it is planted ; " it will not thrive in light dry 

 soils ; in such places it becomes half deciduous in very dry seasons, 

 and hence very unsightly." \ Deep, loamy, and moist soils, in such 

 as it attains its greatest perfection in its native country, are also the 

 most suitable for it in Great Britain, and when planted in them it 

 grows rapidly into a fine well-furnished tree, and the silvery glaucous 

 hue of its foliage is beautifully developed. To secure good specimens 

 . of A. Menziesii, a space having a radius of not less than 20 feet 

 must be allowed for it, as the lower branches of some of the finest 

 in England have attained that length. 



* Parlatore adds, " In Siberia orientali, Davurica, Kamptchatka et in Japonic insnlia 

 borealibus Jezo et Karafto et culta in hortis circa urbem Jeddo," thus including under 

 A. Menziesii the A. microsperma of Lindley. 



t Dr. Newberry's Pacific Railway Report. 



t Mr. Fowler in Gardeners' Chronicle, 1872, p. 76. 



