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TREES OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES 



tree, 30 to 60 ft. high, with bright brown bark 

 and resinous buds. 



8. Abies Pinsapo, Bois. (PiNSAPO FIR.) 

 Leaves less than 1 in. long (usually } in.), 

 rigid, straight, scattered regularly around the 

 branches, and pointing in all directions ; disk- 

 like bases large; branches in whorls, and 

 branchlets very numerous. Cones 4 to 5 in. 

 long, oval, sessile ; scales rounded, broad, en- 

 tire ; bracts short. A very handsome tree 

 from Spain, and reported hardy at the Arnold 

 Arboretum. 



9. Abies c6ncolor, Lindl. (WHITE 

 FIR.) Leaves 2 to 3 in. long, mostly 

 obtuse, but on young trees often long- 

 pointed, 2-ranked, not crowded on the 

 stem, pale green or silvery. Cones 

 oblong-cylindric, 3 to 5 in. long, 1 j in. 

 in diameter ; scales twice as broad as 

 long; bracts short, not projecting. A 

 large tree, 75 to 150 ft. high ; bark 

 rough, grayish. Native in the Rocky 

 Mountains; hardy at the Arnold Ar- 

 boretum, Massachusetts, but needs 

 some protection at St. Louis. 



10. Abies Cilicica, Carr. (CILICIAN 

 SILVER FIR.) Leaves flat, linear, 1 to 

 !% in. long and ^ in. broad, some- 

 what 2-ranked but rather irregularly 

 scattered around the young shoots; 

 shining dark green above and whitish 

 beneath. Cones 7 to 8 in. long, nearly 

 2 in. in diameter, cylindric, obtuse, 

 erect, with thin and entire scales, and 

 short and hidden bracts. A very coni- 

 cal tree, 50 ft. high, with branches in 

 whorls, and numerous, small, slender 

 branchlets. Bark light gray ; recently 

 cultivated from Asia. 



