THE DOUGLAS FIR. 
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m opposite pairs, densely clothed with slender, rich green leaves, 
I to ij inches in length, paler beneath. They endure for six or 
seven years, and are arranged in three or four ranks. The male 
flowers will be found clustered at intervals on the underside of 
Doug-las Fir. 
A, female flower ; B, male flower. 
the previous year’s shoots, whilst the cones are formed at the 
tips of the lateral branchlets, and hang downwards. These 
cones are somewhat elliptical in outline, from 2 ^ to 4 inches 
long, with large scales, and from the back of each there extends 
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