A GARDEN FLORA 
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A. numidica. Algerian Fir. Algeria. 
A. pectinata. Common Silver Fir. Central and S. 
Europe. 
A. Pindrow. Himalayan Fir. Himalaya. 
Height 20 feet. Planted 1898. 
A. Pinsapo. Spanish Fir. S. Spain. 
Height 20 feet. Though growing naturally on 
limestone, A. Pinsapo has succeeded well in the 
light loam of the pinetum. Planted 1898. 
„ var. argentea. 
„ var. glauca. 
Height 24 feet. Planted 1898. 
„ var. variegata. 
**A. recurvata. W. China. 
*A. religiosa. Mexican Fir. Mexico. 
Height 7 feet. Was planted out of doors 1914. 
It has stood two winters in the open, with slight 
protection, and is in excellent condition ; but it is 
undoubtedly very tender. 
A. sachalinensis. Saghalien Fir. N. Japan, Saghalien, 
etc. 
Height 19 feet. Planted 1898. 
A. sibirica. Siberian Fir. N.E. Russia. 
A. Veitchii. Veitch’s Silver Fir. Japan. 
Height 31 feet. A singularly beautiful tree, which 
has borne cones on the topmost branches. Planted 
1898. 
**A. webbiana. Himalayan Fir. Himalaya. 
Seedlings, some six years old and three feet high. 
ABUTILON. Malvaceae. 
*A. megapotamicum. Brazil. 
Syn. A. vexillarium. 
A beautiful Brazilian climber. The flowers are 
rather larger than the variegated form, and the 
plant grows more freely ; otherwise there is little 
difference between them. 
*A. megapotamicum, var. variegatum. 
Covers fully 22 feet on a south wall, and, if 
protected by mats in severe weather, will flower 
from May to November. Curiously enough, in a 
greenhouse the plant suffers from attacks of insect 
