Abies pattoniana. 



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Habitat. — The higher regions of the Sierra Nevada at 8,000 to 

 10,000 feet altitude. From Ebbett's Pass northwards through the 

 Cascade Mountains to British Columbia. 



Introduced in 1851 by the Oregon Association of Edinburgh, 

 through their collector, John Jeffrey, and named in compliment to 

 Mr. Patton, of the Cairnies, afterwards Lord Justice Clerk, one of 

 the leading members of the association. 



By Parlatore and Dr. Egelmann, this and the preceding are both 

 referred to and described as one species, viz., Pattoniana. Carriere 

 includes both in his description of Hookeriana. Botanically, then, 

 the two trees are considered to be but one species ; but as there 

 are two horticulturally distinct forms in cultivation, for which dis- 

 tinguishing names are necessary, we have retained both the names 



Fig. 32.— Foliage of Abies Sooheriana of gardens. Natural Bize. 



in .question. There appears to us to be no doubt that Murray's Abies 

 Hookeriana must sink to a synonym of A. Pattoniana, and that many 

 of the plants in cultivation under the name of A. Hookeriana are not 

 the A. Hookeriana of Murray, but another form more distinct from 



