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stripped of its branches, the balsamic fragrance, from the quantity of 

 a-esin the tree contained, was perceptible at a considerable distance — 

 further than I have ever noticed even in the Douglas Fir— and the 

 -circumstance was commented upon amongst the woodmen employed 

 in removing it. The average upward rate of growth of A. grandis in 

 this country is 17 inches, while the quantity of timber produced in 

 fifty years by the large spiecimen referred to gave an annual average 

 of nearly Ij cubic foot. When cut into boarding the wood resembled 

 in appearance the common Silver Fir, but was perhaps darker, of 

 greater specific gravity, and of firmer texture. It works well and 

 takes a good polish, but, from the rapid rate of growth, the graining is 

 -somewhat rough, though perfect in delineation. The timber was used 

 experimentally for many purposes ; but sufiicient time has not yet 

 elapsed for us to speak with certainty regarding its lasting qualities. 

 So far, however — and it is now five years since the tree was felled — it 

 seems quite sound, and likely to remain so for many years to come. 

 A comparison of the timber of this tree grown in Britain with that 

 exliibited from British Columbia at the Colonial and Indian Exhibi- 

 tion revealed but few diflferences, and nothing more than might be 

 ■expected between that of a partially developed and of a mature tree. 

 Taking into consideration the quantity and quality of wood produced 

 by A. grandis, as also its highly ornamental appearance and undoubted 

 hardihood, we place it in the front rank for economic planting in the 

 British Isles. The soil best suited for it is an open, rich loam, where 

 it will not suffer either from excess or want of moisture (Trans. Roy. 

 Scot. Arb. Soc. xii. pt. 2). 



A. grandis thrives very well in some parts of Denmark ; one 

 planted in 1864 now measures 53 feet in height and 6 feet in girth. 



A. homolepis, Sieb. and Zucc. Pinus Han yana, MacNab, Proc. 

 R. Irish Acad. 1876. P. Tsclionosldana, Neumann, Cat. ex Parlatore. 



The name homolepis is, according to Dr. H. Mayr, to be preferred 

 to the now perhaps more common one of A. hrachyphylla. 



A. magniflea, Murr. Proc. Hort. Soc. Lond. 1862, iii. 318, f. 

 25-33. A. amahilis. A. campyJocarpa, Murr. in Trans. Bot. Soc. 

 Edinb. vi. 370. A. nohilis rohusta, Carr. Conif. ed. 2, 269. Picea 

 amahilis, Lobb. Pinus amahilis. Pari, in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 426. 

 Ahies nohilis var. magnifica, Masters, Linn. Soc. Journ. 1887, xxii. 

 189. Pseudotsuga magnifica, MacNab in Proc. R. Irish Acad. ser. 2, 

 ii. 700, t. 49, f. 30 and 30a. Picea magnifica, hort. 



Habitat. — California, Mount Shasta, south along the western slope 

 of the Sierra Nevadas to Kern County. 



A large tree, 200-250 feet in height, with a trunk 8-10 feet in 

 diameter, forming about the base of Mount Shasta extensive forests, 

 between 4,900 and 8,000 feet elevation ; farther south less common, 

 xind reaching an extreme elevation of 10,000 feet. 



Wood light, soft, not strong, rather close-grained, compact, satiny 



