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and unlike most of its congeners does not start into growth 

 sufficiently early to be damaged by spring frosts. The horizontal, 

 rigid branches are furnished with glossy green leaves, and the egg- 

 shaped cones are from 5in. to 6in. long and 2^in. in diameter. 



Fig. 308. — Abies Nordmanniana. 



A valuable tree for the park and lawn. A. pectinata {Picea 

 pectinata), the well-known Silver Fir from Central and Southern 

 Europe, is extensively employed for game preserves and break- 

 winds to tender trees and shrubs in "England. A. Pinsapo forms 



