The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . ppearance, asthe tree in the illustration indicates. This tree isgrowing on tlie grounds of the Department of Agri-culture, Washington, D. C, and is a very good speci-men of this fine species. It is a native of AsiaMinor, whence have come so many of the beautifultrees that grace our lawns. The tree illustrated had no cones on at the timeit was photographed, otherwise it would have addedto its interest. The cones are from 6 to S inches inlength, and, as with all the trees of thi
The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . ppearance, asthe tree in the illustration indicates. This tree isgrowing on tlie grounds of the Department of Agri-culture, Washington, D. C, and is a very good speci-men of this fine species. It is a native of AsiaMinor, whence have come so many of the beautifultrees that grace our lawns. The tree illustrated had no cones on at the timeit was photographed, otherwise it would have addedto its interest. The cones are from 6 to S inches inlength, and, as with all the trees of this genus, theystandi erect, crumbling to pieces and falling to theground when ripe. The cones standing upright singular appearance: and it may be added thatthis character distinguishes the firs from the the latter class the cones are drooping, and donot immediately fall off and apart when ripe, ofwhich the common Norway spruce is a familiarillustration. The tree in the illustration is growing on theslope of a hill, and although 35 feet high, is stillgrowing freely, promising to reach the average. height of the species, which is given as from 40 to60 feet. The firs that will thrive with us are doubly valu-able, because there are so many that will not. TheEuropean silver flr does not thrive as well as itshould. Our native balsam flr is another that seemsaverse to any other situation tlian its natural onein our forests. Then think of the numbers of beau-tiful sorts from our Pacific States which fail toadapt themselves to our climate! Tills is why weso value the Abies Normanniana, file concoior, ofColorado, the cilicica—the subject of these notes—and the few other good species that are at homewith us. JOSEPH MEEHAN. American Breeders Association. The second annual meeting of the American Breed-ers Association will be held at Lincoln, Neb., January17 to 19, during Nebraskas agriculture week. Theagricultural societies of Nebraska meet during thatweek and will hol
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