204 THE SILVER FIR. 
There are several other species of silver fir, natives of Cali- 
fornia, esteemed in ornamental collections, such as Grandis, 
Amabilis, etc. still too rare and costly for ordinary planta- 
tions. 
P. Pindrow (Royle): The Upright Indian Silver Fir— 
This tree is found on the Himalayas and other mountains in 
India, at an altitude of from 8000 to 12,000 feet, where it 
is sometimes found to attain to the height of 150 feet, and 
20 feet in circumference. 
In this country it often forms a beautiful tree, with dark 
green foliage. It grows rapidly, and stands any degree of 
frost during winter, but, like most silver firs, it is apt 
to be retarded by late spring frosts, after its leaves are 
expanded. Plants one to two feet sell from 1s. 6d. to 
2s. 6d. each. 
P. Webbiana (Loudon): Captain Webb's Silver Fir.—This 
tree is also a native of the mountains of India, and is found 
at the same elevation as the Pindrow, but it does not attain to 
so great a size. 
In this country, in all but shady situations, it is very sub- 
ject to the casualty to which all silver firs are liable—un- 
seasonable frosts. In health this tree is perhaps the most 
ornamental of the genus. The upper surface of its leaves 
is of a dark green, with white or silvery stripes distinctly 
marked underneath. The cones are large and prominent, of a 
beautiful purple colour. This species now yields seed in 
Britain, where no doubt repeated generations of the tree will 
become more and more hardy. Some of the finest specimens 
in England stand at Dropmore, and at Theydon Grove, near 
Epping. 
P. Cephalonica (Loudon): The Mount-Enos Fir.—This tree 
is indigenous to the mountains of Greece, where it flourishes 
at an altitude of 4000 or 5000 feet, and forms a handsome 
tree sixty feet high, with a trunk from nine to ten feet in 
circumference. When its upward growth subsides, it forms 
a broad spreading top, increasing the diameter of its bole. 
It is quite hardy in North Britain, and grows with con- 
