. 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. 1030 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. of the scale, scarcely broader than the wing of the fruit, which is straight on both margins towards the apex. Found on the Altai Moun- tains, at an elevation of 5272 ft. Flowering in May ; not yet introduced. Professor Don informs us that he str
. 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. 1030 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. of the scale, scarcely broader than the wing of the fruit, which is straight on both margins towards the apex. Found on the Altai Moun- tains, at an elevation of 5272 ft. Flowering in May ; not yet introduced. Professor Don informs us that he strongly sus- pects this tree to be only a northern form of A'hies Smithwna. Ledebour, he says, has committed the same error in regard to his P. obovata, as Dr. Wallich did in the case of ^"bies Smithwnffl ; that is, he has described the cones as erect, while, from the other parts of his description, the tree must belong to the genus ^I'bies. B. Natives of North America. S 4. A. a'lba Michx. The white Spruce Fir. Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 207. i N. Amer. Syl., 3. p. 182. Synonymes. Plnus 61ba Ait. Hort. Kew. 3. p. 371.; P. \kx& Elirh. Bcitr. 3. p. 24. ; P. canadensis Du Rai Harbk. p. 124.; A. curvifblia Hort. \ single Spruce, Amer.; Epinette blanche, Canada; Sapinette blanche, Fr. Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. t. 36.; Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 3. t 148. ; the plate of this tree in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol viii. ; and ouvfig. 1928. Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves somewhat glaucous, scattered round the branches, erect, quadrangular. Cones oblong-cylindrical, pendulous, lax; scales with entire margins. (Michx.) Cones from Jf in. to 2^ in. long, and from fin. to fin. broad; on the tree at Dropmore,4in. long. Seed very small; with the wing, fin. long, T%^in. broad. Leaves fin. long; on the tree at Drop- more, twice the length of those of A. nigra, very glaucous when they first. 1927. A. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page imag
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