. Veitch's manual of the coniferae : containing a general review of the order, a synopsis of the species cultivated in Great Britain, their botanical history, economic properties, place and use in arboriculture, etc . ary purposes only where the tree is abundant ;the Avood is light, of little strength, coarse-grained, and decays rapidlyon exposure to the weather. Abies bracteata. A lofty tree attaining a height of 100 —150 or more feet, thetrunk slender in proportion to height with a diameter of not morethan 2 — 4 feet near the base, and when isolated feathered Avithbranches from near the grou
. Veitch's manual of the coniferae : containing a general review of the order, a synopsis of the species cultivated in Great Britain, their botanical history, economic properties, place and use in arboriculture, etc . ary purposes only where the tree is abundant ;the Avood is light, of little strength, coarse-grained, and decays rapidlyon exposure to the weather. Abies bracteata. A lofty tree attaining a height of 100 —150 or more feet, thetrunk slender in proportion to height with a diameter of not morethan 2 — 4 feet near the base, and when isolated feathered Avithbranches from near the ground upAvards, forming in outline an elongated * Catalogue of Canadian Plants, \\. 473. t Hortus Kewensis. ed. II. Aol. V. p. 320. + Silva of Xoith America, Vol. XII. p. 109. 494 ARIES RRACTEATA. spire; in Oi-eat Dritaiu the olde-st trees have a more conical of trunk grejisli hrown, ru<fose but rarely fissured. Branchesspreading or slightly ascending Mith distichous ramification. Branchletsopposite and rigid, with light reddish brown bark obscurely andobliquely fluted by cortical outgrowths. Buds sulifusiform, acute, about0-75 inch long, the perulav scales ovate-lanceolate, closely imbricated. Fi-. l-JT. Foliage of Abies hrortccln. Xatnral size. and Mhitisli ])rown. Leaves i)ersistent seven—nine years, linear, acute,spine-tiipped, 1-75—2^ inches long, si)irnlly inseiled on tlie axis; thoseon the lower sterile lir;nirlies owing to a twist of tlu^ short petiolepseudo-distichous in two lanks ; on tlie uppi-r fcitili blanches spreadingon all sides and often falcately curvecl ; daik lustrous green aliove,with two glaucous stoiiiatiferous baiuls lieneath. Staminate flowers*axillary on the undci side ..f the branchlets, cylindric, 0-75—\-2n inchlong, surroundeil at tlie base liy dval, ])ergameneous, whitish browninvolucral scales in two iiiil>ricate(l series ; anthers jiale lenion-yellow* Comnuuiicatcd liy Mr. ;- rnmi Oitnii Hull, PotcrlKirmii,]!. A
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