. 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. LXXVII. CONI'FEBjE: ^bies. 1029 prolific in fibrous roots, and less so in shoots and leaves, they may be kept in the nursery, by frequent transplanting, till they attain a much larger size. The most convenient time for planting them where they are finally to remain is after they have bee
. 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. LXXVII. CONI'FEBjE: ^bies. 1029 prolific in fibrous roots, and less so in shoots and leaves, they may be kept in the nursery, by frequent transplanting, till they attain a much larger size. The most convenient time for planting them where they are finally to remain is after they have been two years in the seed-bed, and one year transplanted ; and the operatioa should never be performed but in mild weather, and when the air is somewhat moist. i 2. A. oribnta"lis Toum. The Oriental Spruce Fir. Identification. Toum. Cor., 41 Synonyvies. Plnus orientllis Lin. Sp. Ft. 1421., Lamb. Pin. ed. 2. 1. t. 39. ; Pkea orientSlis Link, and Steven in Buli. Soc. Nat. Mos. 1833. Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. t. 39.; and oar figs. 1924. and Spec. Char., S;c. Leaves solitary, sub-quadrangular. Cones cylindrical; scales broader than long, rhomboid ovate, rounded at the apex,sub-entire. {Steven.) Leaves half as long as those of ^^bies excelsa, and, like them, quadrangular, acute, but not pungent ; neither are they two rowed, as Tournefort states, but cover the branches on all sides, as in the common spruce. Cones Sin. long, subcylindrical; scales more laxly imbri- cated as the seeds ripen, inferior broad- ly rounded, superior somewhat acute. A lofty tree. Tauria and Caucasus, on the loftiest mountains of Imeretia, and fre- quent in Upper Mingrelia, especially in the neighbourhood of churches, and forming. 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; L
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