Archive image from page 30 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofam01bail Year: 1900 ABIES Spanish Fir. Fig. 0-80 13. Pinsftpo, Boi ft.: trunk 4-G ft. in diam.: Ivs. sliuil, Iiio:,M. rim,. sharp-pointed, bright green, spreading; iiMin .ill ,-. nf the stiff branohlets : cones cyliudii.:il. -I. n
Archive image from page 30 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofam01bail Year: 1900 ABIES Spanish Fir. Fig. 0-80 13. Pinsftpo, Boi ft.: trunk 4-G ft. in diam.: Ivs. sliuil, Iiio:,M. rim,. sharp-pointed, bright green, spreading; iiMin .ill ,-. nf the stiff branohlets : cones cyliudii.:il. -I. i , -iny- brown, 5>-6 in. long ; bracts shorter ' >.ali;s. Mountains of central and .southern Spain, otuii gii;ga- rious. III. 21 very hardy north o£ the Middle states. AA. JVobiles. Leaves blue-green, often glaucous, stoma- tiferous on both surfaces, flat or 4-sided on sterile branches; 4-sided, acute, incurved and crowded on fertile branches. 14. n6bilis, Lindl. Red Fir. Tree 150-250 ft.: trunk C-8 ft. in diara.: Ivs. on lower branches grooved above, rounded and emarginate at the apex: cones oblong-cylin- drical, purplish or olive-brown, 4-G in. long; bracts much longer, thin and covering the scales, strongly reflexed, palfi green. Cascade and Coast Mountains of Washington and Oregon,often gregarious. 12:617. G. C. III. 20: is a var. glauca in the trade. 15. magniHca, A. Murr. Red Fir. Fig. 2, /. Tree 200-250 ft.: trunk 6-10 ft. in diam.: Ivs. quadrangular, bluntly pointed on sterile and acute on fertile branches: cones oblong-cylindrical, purplish brown, 6-9in. long; bracts much shorter than the scales. Sierra Nevada of California; gre- garious and forming great forests. 12:618. Gn. 37, p. 591. - Wood occasionally manufactured into lumber. Less hardy in the eastern states than A. nobilis. Var. Shastnsis, Lemm., of southern Oregon and northern California, somewhat smaller, with bracts as long or longer than the scale
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