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6. Abies picea? folils brcvioribus, 

 ionis par<vis biuncialilus /axis. Rand. 

 The fhortek Pitch-leav'd Fir-tree, 

 with loofe Cones, commonly called. 

 The Newfoundland White Spruce 

 Fir. 



7. Abies taxi folils, odor a , Bal- 

 fami Gileadenfis. Rati Hiji. App. 

 The Balm of Gilead Fir, <vulgo. 



8. Abies foli is pra?longis, pinum 

 Jimulans. Raii Hijl. Fir-tree with 

 long Leaves, refembling thofe of the 

 Pine-tree. 



9. Abies Orient alis y folio brew & 

 tetragono, fruilii ininimo, deorfum in- 

 fiexo. Tourn. Cor. Eaftern Fir-tree, 

 wich (hort fquare Leaves, arid fmall 

 Fruit hanging downward. 



10. Abies major Sinenjis, peSIi- 

 natis taxi foliis fubtus cafiis, conis 

 grandioribus furfttm rigentibus, foli- 

 orum cif fquamarum apiculis fpinojit. 

 Pluk. Amalth. Great Fir-tree of 

 China, with Yew leaves, large Cones 

 growing upright, and the Points of 

 the Leaves prickly. 



11. Abies maxima Sinenfes, pe- 

 izinatis taxi foliis, apiculis non fpi- 

 nofis. Pluk. Amalth. Greateft China 

 Fir-tree, withYew-leaves not prickly 

 at their Points. 



The firft and fecond Sorts of Firs 

 are very common in moll Gardens, 

 and Plantations of ever-green Trees. 



The firft grows in great Plenty 

 about StrasFurghj and fome ether 

 Parts of Germany ; from whence the 

 Turpentine -is brought to England ; 

 tho 1 I believe it is not a Native of 

 thofe Countries, but has been brought 

 thither from the Levant. The moll 

 beautiful of thefe Trees are growing 

 upon Mount Olympus, from whence 

 I have received Cones, which were 

 upward of a Foot in Length. Dr. 

 Toumefort, in his Travels, mentions 

 the Firs of Mm nt Olympus as the 

 moit beautiful Trees in the Levant. 



Tiie fecond Sort is very common 



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in the Woods of Norway, and is the' 

 Tree that affords the White Deals : 

 thefe grow in the Valleys where the 

 Soil is very deep. 



Some of the modern Botanifts 

 have reduced all thefe Species to 

 two, which are the Silver and Spruce 

 Firs, making the others only femi- 

 nal Varieties ; but, from repeated 

 Trials, I never could find any Va- 

 riation in the Plants raifed from 

 Seeds of any of the Kinds here men- 

 tioned, except the common Spruce 

 Fir ; from the Seeds of which I have 

 obferved fome Difference in the 

 Length and Breadth of their Leaves, 

 as alfo in the Size of their Cones ; 

 and I verily believe the long-con'd 

 Comifb Fir to be only a Variety of 

 the common Spruce Fir ; altho' I 

 have been allured by fome Perfons 

 in the Weft of England f that the 

 Seeds were originally brought from 

 America. 



To this Genus of Fir, Dr. Lin* 

 nceus has joined the Larch-tree and 

 Cedar of Libanus, from the Agree 

 ment there is in their Flowers : but 

 as they have been always feparated 

 by the former Botanifts, on ac- 

 count of their Number of Leaves 

 produced from the fame Cover, I 

 (hall follow their Example, left the 

 being too much attach'd to the new 

 Method may occafion Confufion, 

 I would willingly avoid. 



The third Sort was formerly grow* 

 ing in the Bilhop of London's Garden 

 at Fulham ; and of late Years there 

 has been a great Number of the 

 Trees railed from the Cones which 

 have been brought from America. 

 This Sort is very hardy in refpecl: 

 to Cold ; but it mould nave a moift 

 Soil ; for in dry Land it makes very 

 little Progrefs. This never grows 

 to be a large Tr?e in its native SoiJ, 

 and moots its Branches out horizon- 

 tally to a great Diitance, and is not 



