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A MANUAL OJP THE CONIFERS. 



A. Pattoniana than that described by him, and which probably is 

 Jeffrey's first discovery of this Hemlock Fir on Mount Baker, near 

 the' British line, in latitude 49° N. The A. Hoolceriana of gardens 

 has its branchlets shorter and more crowded, and its leaves smaller 

 and more closely set than those of A. Pattoniana described above. 



Abies tsuga is a small but elegant tree having the habit and 

 general appearance of the Canadian Hemlock Fir, with foliage of 

 a brighter and more cheerful colour. It also differs from it in "the 



Fig. 33. — Foliage of Abies tsuga. Natural size. 



Fig. 34. — Cone of Abies tsuga. 



leaves being emarginate instead of being simply obtuse without 

 emargination, and the scales of the cones orbicular and not wedge- 

 shaped." * 



Habitat. — Japan; common in the mountain forests from 3,000 to 

 6,000 feet of elevation. 



Introduced into Europe in 1853 by the late Dr. Siebold. 



Abies tsuga nana is a slow-growing variety, with small leaves, 

 and not attaining a greater height than from 4 to 5 feet in Japan, 

 where it originated. 



* A. Murray, Pines and Firs of Japan, p. 88* 



