tiST OF CONIFERS AND TAXADSs 



Miller. Pinus alba^ Lambert, ed. 1, t. 26 ; Parlatore, 414. Abies 

 rubra var. cserulea, Loudon, Arboret, 2310. A. ccerulea, Forbes, 

 Finet. Woburn. 99. P. coerulea, Link. P. nigra var. glauca, Carri^re. 

 A . arctica, Murray in Journal of Botany, v. tab. 69 (1867). 

 Arctic North America, and south to New England States. 



3. P. Alcockiana, Masters in Gard. Chron. Feb. 14, 1880, p. 212, 

 fig. ; Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 509 ; Beissner, 377, fig. 



SrJ^f^OJVYMS : — Abies Alcockiana, Yeitch, 67. Picea bicolor, Maxi- 

 mo wicz ; Mayr, Mo7i. Abiet. Japan, 49, t. 3. A. acicularis and excelsa 

 acicularis of gardens. 



Mountains of Japan. Discovered and introduced by John Veitch. 



P. bicolor above cited is sometimes applied to P. ajanensis in 

 gardens. 



P. bifolia, Murray. See Abies lasiocarpa. 



4. P. Breweriana, Watson (1885); Sargent in Gard. Chron. April 17, 

 1886, 497, f. 93 ; Garden and Forest, 1890, p. 63 ; Lemmon, Third 

 Beport, p. 116, figs. 4, 5, 6. 



North California, Siskiyou Mountains, at altitude of 5,000 feet. 

 Only known at present from one limited district. 

 P. californica, Carriere = Tsuga Pattoniana. 

 P. concolor. See Abies eoncolor and A. Lowiana. 



5. P. Engelmannii, Engelmann ; Gard. Cliron. 1879, 334 ; 1882, 

 145 ; Beissner, 343, fig.; Macoun, 471. 



SrJVONYMS : — Pinus commutata, Parlatore, 417 partly. Abies 

 Engelmannii, Parry, Gard. Chron. 1863, 1035 ; Sargent in Gard. 

 Chron. ]877, 631 ; Veitch, 68 ; Lemmon, Third Beport, 113, f. 2. 



Of this there is a glaucous form not to be confounded with 

 P. pungens glauca. 



Rocky Mountains of Montana, Oregon, south to Arizona. 



6. P. excelsa, Link ; Beissner, 351 ; Kew Index. The Common 

 Spruce. 



Synoj^fms :— Abies excelsa, DC. Flore Fran§aise, 1805 (erroneously 

 marked 1815 in some copies) ; Poiret (1804) ; Veitch, 69 ; Loudon, 

 FncycL 1028, f. 1923 ; Finet. Brit. ii. 135, t. 19. Abies Picea, Miller. 

 Pinus Abies, Linn. Picea vulgaris, Link. Pinus excelsus, Lamarck 

 (1778). 



Numerous varieties arc in cultivation, for full lists of which see 

 Veitch and Beissner, the latter of whom cites 59 forms. The most 

 remarkable are the dwarf forms like Clanbrassiliana and the long 

 snake-like branched forms such as viminalis, Cranstoni, and mon- 

 STROSA. Among others may be mentioned — finedonensis, fennica, 



GIGANTEA, GrEGORYANA, INVERTA, ELEGANS, LeMONIANA, MEDIOXIMA, 

 MINIATA, MINOR, MONTANA, MUCRONATA, PARVULA, PYGM^A, VIMI- 

 NALIS, SUBARCTICA, C5L0R0CARPA, CINEREA, EREMITA, ERYTHROCARPA, 



