. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 1036 ARBORETUM ET FHUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. poses of the tanner. In England, the hemlock spruce forms one of the most ornamental of the fir family; being among needle-leaved evergreen trees what the weeping willow is among the willows. As it bears the knife, and is ex- tremely hardy, it mi
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 1036 ARBORETUM ET FHUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. poses of the tanner. In England, the hemlock spruce forms one of the most ornamental of the fir family; being among needle-leaved evergreen trees what the weeping willow is among the willows. As it bears the knife, and is ex- tremely hardy, it might be employed as hedges ; for which purpose it is used in the American nurseries, along with the TTiuja occidentalis. Seeds are annually imported, and even produced by old trees in this country. E. Native of Nepal. i U. ^. DUMo'sA. The bushy ^//iJne Spruce Fir. Synonymcs. Pinus dutnbsa Lamb. Pin. ed. 2., 1. t. 46.; ^'bies BraxioniAna Lindl. in Penn. Cyc. vol. i. Nn. 9.; P. decidua Wall. MS.; P. Brimonidna "Wall. Plant As. rar. 3. p. 24. Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. t. 46. ; "Wall. Plant As. rar., 3. t. 247.; and our Jigs. 1936. and 1937. Spec. Char., &;c. Leaves solitary, linear, obtuse, mostly on one side of the branches; glaucous beneath, denticu- lated, Cones ovate, terminal, soli- tary ; bracteoles wedge-shaped, pli- cate, emarginate, glabrous. {Lamb.) Leaves f in. long. Cones, scales, and seeds scarcely diflferent from those of A. canadensis. A dense and very bushy tree, with the ap- pearance of A. Nepal. 1936. Height 70 ft. tO 80 ft. Introd. 1838. 1937. Ad»n,i«,a. Other Species of Allies.—A. Bong, and A. sitchensis Bong, are mentioned by M. Bongard in his observations on the Island of Sitcha, on the -west coast of North America, in N. lat. 51", as indigenous there. The article is quoted in the Annates des Sciences Naturelles, 52d ser., torn. iii. p. 237.; but no description is given. A. trigona, A. hetero
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