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Plcea nordmanniana with pyramidal form, whorled 

 brandies, and leaves upon them, ornamentally- 

 twisted, and produced all round the stems, but 

 showing by their twisting habit the white, silvery 

 streaks of the undersides against the rich, bright 

 golden-green of the upper sides, and against the 

 reddish-brown colour of the branches, the normal 

 green of the foliage being occasionally tipped with. 

 agoldenhue — beautiful, crowded, and much-divided- 

 branches sweeping outward and curving down- 

 wards : Picea nohilis, equally beautiful, and not 

 unlike the one just referred to, but with a tint of 

 darkish green ; and the Spruce Mr — Abies excelsa 

 — whose remarkably symmetrical form, upright 

 stem, and round branches, thickly covered by its 

 verdant foliage, the leaves evenly disposed all 

 round the irregiilarly whorled branches, fine-' 

 pointed and needle-shaped^these are some of 

 the more prominent species of the beautiful Firs. 

 There are none who need be told how much 

 the beauty of Winter is enhanced by the charming 

 Holly, whose, brilliancy lights up the darkest; 

 corners of the woods ; by the deep green of the 

 perennial Ivy, and by the delightful foliage, where 



