. Ellwanger & Barry : Mount Hope nurseries. 68 ELLWANGER &> BARRY'S Section 2. Picea. Silver Fir. With linear flat leaves, somewhat two ranked. Abies balsamea. Balsam Fir. B. A very erect, regular pyramidal tree, with dark green sombre foliage. Grows rapidly and is very hardy. 50c. tA. cephalonica. Cephalonian Silver Fir. B. From Europe. A remarkable and beautiful species, very broad for its height, leaves silvery and dagger-shaped, with a spine on the point. Quite hardy and vigorous. $ to $ tA. cilicica. Cilician Silver Fir. B. A dis- tinct and beautiful species from the m
. Ellwanger & Barry : Mount Hope nurseries. 68 ELLWANGER &> BARRY'S Section 2. Picea. Silver Fir. With linear flat leaves, somewhat two ranked. Abies balsamea. Balsam Fir. B. A very erect, regular pyramidal tree, with dark green sombre foliage. Grows rapidly and is very hardy. 50c. tA. cephalonica. Cephalonian Silver Fir. B. From Europe. A remarkable and beautiful species, very broad for its height, leaves silvery and dagger-shaped, with a spine on the point. Quite hardy and vigorous. $ to $ tA. cilicica. Cilician Silver Fir. B. A dis- tinct and beautiful species from the moun- tains of Asia Minor. It is a compact grower, the branches being thickly set on the stems, foliage dark green; quite hardy. One of the best of the Silver Firs. $ to $ tA. concolor. Silver Fir of Colorado. B. Without doubt the finest of the Rocky Mountain evergreens. Tree of graceful habit; broad, handsome foliage, bluish above, silvery beneath. A grand tree, very distinct and exceedingly rare as yet. $ A. Nordmanniana. Nordmann's Silver Fir. B. This majestic Fir, from the Crimean Mountains, is of symmetrical form, vigor- ous and quite hardy. Its foliage is massive, dark green, shining above and slightly glaucous below, rendering it a very hand- NORDMANN'S SILVER FIR (Reduced). some tree throughout the year. Con- sidered here and in Europe as one of the finest of the Silver Firs. $ to # *A. pectinata. European or Comb-like Silver Fir. B. A noble tree, with spreading horizontal branches and broad, silvery foliage ; young shoots somewhat tender, except when well ripened. $ CUPRESSUS. Cypress. Cypres, Fr. *tC. Nutkasnsis, syn. Thujopsis borealis. Nootka Sound Cypress. C. A desirable species from Nootka Sound. It is pyramidal in habit, with light, glossy green foliage, sometimes with a bluish shade. $ JUNIPERUS. Juniper. Wachholder, Ger. Genevier, Fr. tj. Chinensis. Chinese Juniper. C. Native of China and Japan. A handsome, dense shrub with dark
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