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bling our Ifemlock-Spruce, and replacing it on the West coast. Ranges from 
Sitka and the head of Fraser River south to California. Branchlets hairy ; 
timber soft, but hard to split, 
Abies nigra, Poiret. BLACK or Dous_e Spruce. (Pinus nigra, Aiton ; 
? gra, Link; Abies Mariana, Miller.) In cold situations it is a 
vigorous tree, 60 feet high. Trunk tall, straight, and with the branches form- 
ing a beautiful slender spire. Foliage short, stiff, rather square, dark green. 
-Colder parts of North America, ranging southward along the mountains. 
Usually growing near the white or single Spruce. Timber small, but fair in 
quality; leaves used in making spruce beer. The variety pumila, Anighz, 
is small and compact; only 3 to 4 feet high, There is also another variety, 
elegans. 
Abies obovata, Zoudon. OBOVATE-CONED SprucE. (Pinus obovata, 
Antoine.) Altai Mountains, where it reaches 100 feet in height; slender scat- 
tered leaves bright green and sharp-pointed ; cones egg-shaped. 
Abies orientalis, Poiret, ORIENTAL Spruce. (Pinus orientalis, Lin- 
neus ; Picea orientalis, Carriere.) Region of the Black Sea. 75 feet high. 
Hardy, and presenting a dense mass of foliage. 
* Abies Pattoniana, Feffrey. PATTon'’s GIANT Spruce. (Pinus Pattoni- 
ana, Parlatore; Abies gracilis, Hort.; Abies Williamsonii, Newberry ; Abies 
Hookeriana, Murray; Picea Californica, Carriere; Tsuga Hookeriana, Car- 
riere.) Mountains of Northern California, where it grows 100 to 150 feet high 
certainly, and is by some said to attain a much greater height. Leaves 3-sided, 
blunt-pointed ; branches and branchlets woolly; ripe cones light brown, 
Abies polita, Sebold and Zuccarini. TIGER’s-TAIL Spruce. (Pinus 
polita, Antoine; Abies Torano, Siebold ; Picea polita, Carriere.) Japan, 80 
to 100 feet high. Branches pendulous; conés 3 to 4 inches long, bright green 
when young, chestnut brown when older. 
* Abies rubra, Poiret. ReED or ArcTic SprucE Fir. (Pinus rubra, 
Lambert ; Picea rubra, Link; Abies nigra, var. rubra, Michaux.) Much 
like the Black Spruce, of which it has generally been regarded as a mere variety, 
save that the cones are reddish brown and the wood brownish. Northern parts 
of North America, where it is the last tree to disappear as we approach the 
pole. Grows 60 to 70 feet high. Timber fair in quality. There is also a 
varitty coerulea, a slender dwarf, 6 or 8 feet high; “ fuliage bluish gray ; 
cones violet-colored.” 
Abies Smithiana, Loudon. “INDIAN SpRucE Fir.” (Pinus Smithiana, 
Lambert ; Abies morinda, Hort. ; Picea morinda, Link.) Eastern and South- 
eastern Asia, 100 feet or more high; Teaves 214 inches long, very sharp- 
5 branches horizontal or pendulous ; cones 4 to 6 inches long. A 
utiful tree, but not quite hardy here. 
Abies Tsuga, Siebo/d. JarAN HemLock-Spruce. (Pinus Tsuga, An- 
toine; Tsuga Sieboldii, Carriere; Abies diversifolia, Hort.) Japan. A 
medium-sized tree, with branches drooping at the ends; cones small, Variety 
nana, Siebold, is 3 to 4 feet high, and cultivated in pots by the Japanese, 
Araucaria. Male and female flowers on different individuals; cone-scales 
are deciduous, and have each usually a single seed attached; “ leaves stiff, 
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