THE 



Gardeners Di&ionary. 



Vol. I 



A B 



BELE Tree, Vide 

 Populus. 



ABIES; The Fir- 

 tree. 



The Characlers of 

 this Tree are; 



It is ever-green ; the Leaves are 

 Jingle, and, for the moji part, pro- 

 duced on every Side the Branches j the 

 Male Flowers, or Catkins, are placed 

 at remote Diflances from the Fruit on 

 the fame Tree ; the Seeds are fro- 

 duced in Cones, which are fquamofe. 



The Difference between thefe and 

 the Pines is, the latter having two 

 or more Leaves produced out of 

 each Sheath or Cover. 



The Species of this Tree, which 

 are at prefent to be fo 1 nd in the Eng- 

 UJh Gardens, are ; 



I. Abies taxi folio, fruclu fur- 



VOL. I. 



A B 



fum fpeclante. Tourn. The Silver 

 or Yew-leav'd Fir tree. 



2. Abies tenuiori folio, f rutin de- 

 orfum infexo. Tourn. The Common 

 Fir or Pitch- tree ; fomctimes called, 

 The Norway or Spruce Fir. 



3. Abies minor, peclinatis foliis, 

 Virginiana, con is par<vis fubrotundis . 

 Pluk. Aim. The Virginian Fir-tree, 

 with fmall roundith Cones, com- 

 monly called Hemlock Fir. 



4. Abies pice* folio, fruclu lon- 

 giffim?, deorfum inflexo. The Yew- 

 leav'd Fir-tree, with long hanging 

 Cones, commonly called,The Long- 

 coned Cornijh Fir. 



5. Abies pice* foliis brevibus, 

 corn's minimis. Rand. The Pitch* 

 leav'd Fir-cree, with fmall Cones, 

 commonly called, The Neivfcund- 

 land Black Spruce Fir. 



B 6, Abies 



