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straight-grained and easily worked wood is used for building pur- 

 poses and cheap packing cases, but is not greatly valued. Most 

 of the boxes in which Japanese lily bulbs are packed for export 

 are made of this wood as well as much of the paper pulp of Japan. 

 Though the Momi Fir is a thing of beauty in Japan, it does not 

 do so well in this country, for it is not quite so hardy as some 

 other species. 



The well-developed tree with longer needles standing at the end 

 of the inner row is 



Abies Nordmanniana, Xordmann's Fir 



This tree i;> regarded, along with the Xikko Fir. as one of the 

 most desirable of foreign firs for ornamental planting in this part 

 of the country. 



It is native to the Caucasus, Asia Minor, and Greece and attains 

 a height of 150 feet in the mountains around the Black Sea. Some 

 commercial importance is attached to the tree there. It is readily 

 distinguished by its long narrow leaves with two whitish lines 

 below and by its scattered hairs on the young shoots. The leaves. 

 furthermore, are arranged in a characteristic horizontally forward- 

 pointing manner. 



Xear this Xordmann's Fir, the tree close to the path at its bend 

 and a few feet beyond the end of the flower bed is 



Abies cilicica, the Cilician Fir 



This species resembles the last in the arrangement of the foliage 

 but the leaves are less crowded on the shoot, are narrower and 

 are more or less pointed at the apex. We shall meet a better 

 specimen later. The buds, moreover, are rough with the prominent 

 tips of the scales. 



The Cilician Fir hails from about the same regions as the 

 Xordmann's. It is native of Asia Minor and northern Syria, 

 occurring on Mount Lebanon and the Antitaurus in association 

 with the famous Cedars of Lebanon. In this range it attains a 

 height of 100 feet. 



