. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. 72 The False Hemlocks slope not being so. It now promises to be one of the most desirable coniferous trees for parks, where it sometimes bears fruit when scarcely 2 meters taU. 2. BIG CONE SPRUCE — Psendotsnga macrocarpa (Torrey) Mayr Abies Douglasii macrocarpa Torrey This tree, which is also called Big-cone Douglas spruce, California hemlock, and Hemlock, is of very local occurrence, being known only from dry mountains i
. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. 72 The False Hemlocks slope not being so. It now promises to be one of the most desirable coniferous trees for parks, where it sometimes bears fruit when scarcely 2 meters taU. 2. BIG CONE SPRUCE — Psendotsnga macrocarpa (Torrey) Mayr Abies Douglasii macrocarpa Torrey This tree, which is also called Big-cone Douglas spruce, California hemlock, and Hemlock, is of very local occurrence, being known only from dry mountains in southern California, where it grows near the banks of streams and on rocky slopes, at elevations of from 900 to 1800 meters. It is an abundant tree of this. Fig. 56. — Big Cone Spruce. thinly forested region, reaching a maximum height of 30 meters, with a trunk diameter of meters. The lower branches are relatively long, far apart, drooping below, with stout, or slender branchlets; the upper branches are short and ascending, forming an open conic head. The bark is 7 to 15 cm. thick, deeply furrowed into broad. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Shafer, John Adolph. New York : H. Holt and Co.
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