. 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. 1048 AUBORETUM ET FUUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. falcate, for the most part acute, compressed trigonal; flat above, marked with a depressed line ; silvery beneath ; scarcely 1 in. long. Cones solitary, lateral, cylindrical, thick, brownish ; 6 in. to 7 in. long, and 8 in. to 9 in. in circumfere
. 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. 1048 AUBORETUM ET FUUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. falcate, for the most part acute, compressed trigonal; flat above, marked with a depressed line ; silvery beneath ; scarcely 1 in. long. Cones solitary, lateral, cylindrical, thick, brownish ; 6 in. to 7 in. long, and 8 in. to 9 in. in circumference ; scales lamelliform, stipulate, co- piously covered with minute down ; incurved, and quite entire on the margin. Bracteoles much exserted,spathulate,adpressed backwards, imbricated ; laminse dilated, membranaceous ; points elongated, awl-shaped, rigid. Seeds oblong, with a coriaceous testa; wing broad, axe-shaped, thinly membranaceous, pale-co- loured ; nearly allied to P. Fraseri, but with cones five times as large. {Lamb.) According to Douglas (Comp. Hot. Mag., ii. p. I'i?.), this is a majestic tree, forming vast forests upon the mountains of Northern California, and producing timber of excellent quality. " I spent three weeks in a forest composed of this tree," he says, " and, day by day, could not cease to admire ; i 11. P. bractea'ta. The/eo^-bracted Silver Fir. Synonymes. Plnus bracte^ta D. Bon in Lin. Traji£. 17. p. 443., Lamb. Pin. 3.; P. ven6sta t)ougL in Comp. to Hot. Mag. 2. p. 1963. p. 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 Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843; Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843. Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum. London : F. Warne & Co. ; New York : Scribner, Welford & Armstrong
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