1034 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
and at Dropmore. Fig. 
1933. is from a sketch of 
the mode of ramification 
and of the foliage of a 
tree named A. faxifolia in 
the Edinb. Bot. Garden, 
raised from seeds received 
from the late Mr. Thos. 
Drummond, after thearctic 
expedition, It is, Mr. M* 
Nab observes, an upright- 
growing tree ; and, with its 
long and dark leaves, ver: 
distinct from all the speci- 
1933. A.D. taxifolia. mens of A. Douglasz he 
had seen. 
A large conical tree, with a rugged greyish brown bark, from 6 in. to 9 in. 
thick, and abounding in balsamic resin. Leaves somewhat pectinate and 
spreading, narrow-linear, obtuse on the margin and apex, quite entire, flat ; 
dark green above, marked on the middle with a depressed line, and silvery 
beneath ; Lin. long. The bark, in young trees, has its receptacles filled with a 
clear ycllow resin, in the same manner as that of the balm of Gilead; and 
the bark of old trees is said to make excellent fuel. The timber is heavy, 
firm, with few knots, about the same yellow colour as that of the yew, and 
not in the least liable to warp. The rate of growth of this tree, in the climate 
of London, appears to be nearly as great as that of the common spruce; but, 
as it has a tendency to send out a profusion of side branches, it does not 
increase in height so much as it does in width and bushiness, 
2 9, A. Menzie‘sz Douglas. Menzies’s, or the warted-branched, Spruce Fir. 
Adentification. Dougl. BN 
MS.,, Lindl., in Penn. fn 
Cyc., 1. p. 32. 
Synonyme. Pinus Men- 
ziész? Lamb. Pin. 3. 
Engravings. Lamb. Pin., 
3. t. 89., and our jig. 
1934. from Lambert, 
and the seeds from 
specimens in the Hor- 
ticultural Society’s 
herbarium sent home 
by Douglas. 
Spec. Char., §e. 
Leaves acute, 
flat; silvery be- 
neath, turned in 
every direction. 
Cones __cylindri- 
cal; scales scari- 
ous, gnawed on 
the margin. (D. 
Don.) — Leaves 
3in. long. Cones 
from 23 in. to 
3 in. long, and 
from lin. to 12 in. 
broad; scales 4in. 
long, and 3 in. 
broad. Seed very 
small, scarcely 
Zin. long ; with 
the wing, & in. 1934. a. Mensiases 
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