CHAP. CXI 1 1. 



CONI'FEItrffi. A HIES. 



2321 



the name of Piims Jaxifolia, in 182G. It was also gathered on the banks of 

 the Columbia by Mr. Lewis, and specimens of it were seen in his herbarium 

 by Pursh. In 1825, the tree was re-discovered by Douglas, and cones 

 were sent home by him, from which plants were raised by the London Hor- 

 ticultural Society, in 1826, and distributed throughout the country. The 

 trees appear to be as hardy in England as the silver fir ; and in Scotland, in 

 Perthshire, at Methven Castle, they produce shoots of from 1 ft. 4 in. to 1 ft. 

 6 in. long every year. The tree bore cones, for the first time in England, at 

 Dropmore, in 1835, when the plant there already mentioned produced one 

 cone. This year (1837) it has above a dozen ; so that, in all probability, there 

 will soon be abundance of seeds of this species, from which extensive planta- 

 tions may be raised, and the value of the species as a timber tree proved. 

 In the mean time, the plant is readily propagated by cuttings, which appear to 

 make as good trees as seedling plants. 



Statistics. In the neighbourhood of London, at Muswell Hill, it is 9 ft. high ; at the Duke of De- 

 vonshire's Villa, at Chiswick, and at Hendon Rectory, 9 ft. high. In Kent, at Cobham Hall, it is 8 ft. 

 high. In Bedfordshire, at Flitwick House, it is 6 ft. high. In Berkshire, at Highclere, it is 8ft. high ; 

 at Englefield House, 13 ft. high. In Hertfordshire, at Danesbury, it is 6 ft. hi.uh ; at Cheshunt, it is 

 9ft. high. In Yorkshire, at Scoresby, in the garden of J. Wood, Esq., it is 19 ft. 4 in high. In Stafford- 

 shire, at Rolleston Hall, it is 8 ft. high. — In Scotland, at Edinburgh, in the Experimental Garden, 

 Inverleith, it is 6ft. 6in. high. In Cromarty, at Cool, it is 6 ft. high. In Dumfriesshire, at Jardine 

 Hall, it is 13 ft. 2 in. high. In Fifeshire, at Lahill, the variety is 14 ft. high. In Renfrewshire, at 

 Caldcleuch, near Glasgow, the species is 7 ft. 6 in. high. 



f. 8. A. Menzie n s/j Douglas. Menzies's, or the warted-branched, Spruce Fir. 



Identification. Doug. MS., Lindl. in Penn. Cyc, 1. p. 32. 

 Synonyme. Plnus Menziesz'i Lamb. Tin., 3. 



Engravings. Lamb. Pin., 3. t. 89. ; and our fig 2232. from Lambert, and the seeds from specimens 

 in the Horticultural Society's herbarium sent home by Douglas. 



silvery beneath, turned in every direc- 



2232 



Spec. Char., cyc. Leaves acute, flat 

 tion. Cones cy- 

 lindrical ; scales 

 scarious, gnawed 

 on the margin. 

 (D.Don in Lamb. 

 Pin.) Leaves fin. 

 long. Cones from 

 2f in. to 3 in. long, 

 and fuom 1 in. to 

 1 Jin. broad; scales 

 fin. long, and fin. 

 broad. Seed ve- 

 ry small, scarcely 

 i in. long ; with 

 the wing, f in. 

 long. A native of 

 the north of Ca- 

 lifornia, where it 

 was discovered by 

 Douglas, and in- 

 troduced by him 

 in 1831. 



Description y Sfc. A 

 tree with the gene- 

 ral appearance of A. 

 Douglasw. Branch- 

 es and branchlets tu- 

 bercled. Buds ovate, 

 acute, covered with resin. Leaves turned in every direction, resupinate from 

 being twisted at the base, linear, mucronulate, incurved ; silvery beneath, 



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