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Pseudotsuga taxifolia standishiana (Gord.) Sudw. 

 Pseudotsuga taxifolia dumosa (Carr.) Sudw. 

 Pseudotsuga taxifolia compacta (Beiasu.) Sudw. 

 Pseudotsuga taxifolia elegans (Reissn.) Sudw. 

 Pseudotsuga taxifolia argentea (Beissn.) Sudw. 

 Pseudotsuga taxifolia argentea densa Sudw. 

 Pseudotsuga taxifolia variegata (McDon.) Sudw, 

 Pseudotsuga taxifolia stairi (Beissu.) Sudw. 

 Pseudotsuga taxifolia brevifolia (Hort. Kew.) Sudw. 

 Pseudotsuga taxifolia revoluta (Hort. Kew.) Sudw. 



Pseudotsuga macrocarpa (Torr.) Mayr. Bigcone Spruce 



Range. — Southern California (San Bernardino Mountains to the Cuyamaca Moun- 

 tains). 



NAMES in use. — Spruce (Cal.)j Hemlock (Cal.); Bigcone Spruce 

 (lit.); Bigcone Douglas Spruce (lit.). 



ABIES Duham. 

 Abies fraseri (Pursh) Lindl. Fraser Fir. 



Range. — Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee. 



Names in use. — Balsam (N. 0., Term.); Balsam Fir (N. 0.); Double 

 Fir Balsam (Tenn.)j Double Spruce (N. C); She Balsam (N. 0.); She 

 Balsam Fir (N. 0.); Mountain Balsam (N. C); Healing Balsam. 

 Abies balsamea (Linn.) Mill. Balsam Fir. 



Range. — From Newfoundland and Labrador to Hudson Bay and northwestward 

 to Great Bear Lake region, and south to Pennsylvania (and along high mountains 

 to Virginia), Michigan, and Minnesota. 



Names in use.— Balsam Fir (N. H., Vt., Mass., R. I., N. Y., Pa., 

 W. Va., Wis., Mich., Minn., Nebr., Ohio, Ont.; Eng.cult.); Balsam (Vt., 

 IS". H., E.Y.); Canada Balsam (N. 0.); Balm of Gilead (Del.)- Balm of 

 GileadFir (N.Y.,Pa); Blister Pine (W.Va.); Fir Pine (W. Va.); Fir- 

 tree (Vt.); Single Spruce (X.Bruns. to Hudson Bay); Silver Pine (Hud- 

 son Bay); Sapin (Quebec); Cho-koh-tung= u Blisters" (N, Y. Indians). 



VARIETIES DISTINGUISHED IN CULTIVATION. 



Abies balsamea hudsonia (Knight) Veitch. 

 Abies balsamea brachylepis Willk. 

 Abies balsamea longifclia (Loud.) Endl. 

 Abies balsamea cserulea Carr. 

 Abies balsamea hemisphserica Sudw. 

 Abies balsamea prostrata (Knight) Carr. 

 Abies balsamea paucifolia Sudw. 

 Abies balsamea nudicaulis Carr. 

 Abies balsamea versicolor Sudw. 

 Abies balsamea argentifolia Sudw. 



Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt. Alpine Fir. 



Range. — Rocky Mountain region from Colorado to Montana and Idaho, and west- 

 ward through northern Oregon and northward to Alaska (latitude 60°). 



Names in use.— Sab- Alpine Fir (Utah) ; Balsam (Colo., Utah, Idaho, 

 Oreg.); White Fir (Idaho, Mont.); White Balsam; Oregon Balsam tree 



