Archive image from page 343 of The cultivated evergreens; a handbook. The cultivated evergreens; a handbook of the coniferous and most important broad-leaved evergreens planted for ornament in the United States and Canada cultivatedevergr00bail Year: 1923 ( 252 THE CULTIVATED EVERGREENS broader stomatic bands beneath and slightly broader and longer: cones about 3 inches long, gradually narrowed toward the apex; scales with entire margin, densely pubescent outside; bracts exserted and reflexed. Northern Japan, Saghalin, and Kurile Islands.—Introduced in 1878 by W. A. Clark to the Arnold Arbore
Archive image from page 343 of The cultivated evergreens; a handbook. The cultivated evergreens; a handbook of the coniferous and most important broad-leaved evergreens planted for ornament in the United States and Canada cultivatedevergr00bail Year: 1923 ( 252 THE CULTIVATED EVERGREENS broader stomatic bands beneath and slightly broader and longer: cones about 3 inches long, gradually narrowed toward the apex; scales with entire margin, densely pubescent outside; bracts exserted and reflexed. Northern Japan, Saghalin, and Kurile Islands.—Introduced in 1878 by W. A. Clark to the Arnold Arboretum and in 1879 to Great Britain by Maries. Hardy north to Canada, but not particularly ornamental on account of its thin habit. Var. nemorensis, Mayr. Cones smaller with hidden bracts. Saghalin.— Introduced in 1914 by E. H. Wilson to the Arnold Arboretum. 3. A. Veitchii, Murr. Veitch F. Fig. 65. Tree to 80 feet tall, with smooth grayish bark; winter-buds purplish, very resinous, the lateral almost united with the terminal one; branchlets brown, rather densely pubescent: leaves crowded, directed forward and more or less upward, on the lower side of the branchlets pectinate, linear, 3-1 inch long, truncate and notched at apex, lus- trous dark green above, with 2 broad silvery-white bands beneath: cone cylindric, 1M~2H inches long, bluish- purple before maturity; bracts slightly exserted and reflexed; seeds with a broad short wing, scarcely as long as body. Central Japan.—Introduced in 1865 to Europe by Tschonoski and in 1876 to this country by Thomas Hogg. Hardy as far north as Ontario and New England and doing weU; it is a desirable species of broad-pyramidal habit and particularly handsome while young. Var. olivacea, Shiras. Cones green before maturity.—Introduced in 1914 to the Arnold Arboretum by E. H. Wilson. 4. A. koreana, Wils. Korean F. Tree to 50 feet; bark of older trees rough, fissured into irregular plates; branchlets sparingly pubescent, yellowish at first,
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