ABIES FKASEEI, A. GRANDIS. 



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Dr. Engelaiann remarks, that "A. Fraserii is probably the most local 

 species in the United States, being confined to the tops of the highest 

 mountains of North Carolina, which have an altitude of 6,000 feet, 

 and the tops of which it covers together with A. nigra. It is a small 

 tree, probably never more than sixty to seventy-five years old. Forms 

 of A. balsamea in the mountains of Pennyslvania, Vermont, and other 

 northern regions, seem to have been mistaken for this species, and are 

 in cultivation in European gardens under the name of A. Fraserii." 



Abies grandis. — A majestic tree, often towering to a height of 

 200 feet, and even more, in the rich alluvial valleys of the Columbia 



Fig. 23.— Foliage of Abies grandis torn a sterile branch. Natural size. 



and Eraser Kiversj it is also a graceful tree, the branches being 

 somewhat more slender and less thickly set than in many of the 

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