. 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. 1034 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM 1933. il. D. (sxlfoUa. and at Dropmore. Fig. 1933. is from a sketch of the mode of ramificatioD and of the fohage of a tree named A. /axifolia in the Edinb. Bot. Garden, raised from seeds received from the late Mi-. Thos. Drummond, after the arc
. 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. 1034 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM 1933. il. D. (sxlfoUa. and at Dropmore. Fig. 1933. is from a sketch of the mode of ramificatioD and of the fohage of a tree named A. /axifolia in the Edinb. Bot. Garden, raised from seeds received from the late Mi-. Thos. Drummond, after the arctic expedition. It is, ' Nab observes, an upright- growing tree ; and, with its long and dark leaves, very distinct from all the speci- mens of A. Douglasra he had seen. A large conical tree, with a rugged greyish brown bark, from 6 in. to 9 in. thick, and abounding in balsamic resin. Leaves somewhat pectinate and spreading, narrow-linear, obtuse on the margin and apex, quite entire, flat; dark green above, marked on the middle with a depressed line, and silvery beneath ; 1 in. long. The bark, in young trees, has its receptacles filled with a clear yellow resin, in the same manner as that of the balm of Gilead ; and the bark of old trees is said to make excellent fuel. The timber is heavy, firm, with few knots, about the same yellow colour as that of the yew, and not in the least liable to warp. The rate of growth of this tree, in the climate of London, appears to be nearly as great as that of the common spruce; but, as it has a tendency to send out a profusion of side branches, it does not increase in height so much as it does in width and bushiness. i 9. A, Menzie^s// Douglas. Menzies's, or the warted-branchcd. Spruce Fii-. identification. Doxigl. MS., Lindl., in Penn. Cyc, 3a. Synonyme. Plnus Men- z'lHii Lamb. Fin. 3. Engravings. Lamb. Pin., 3. t. 89., and our fig. 1934. from Lambert, and the seeds from specimens in tiie Hor- ticultural Society's herbarium sent home
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