Archive image from page 353 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 ( 258 THE CULTIVATED EVERGREENS fissured in old trees; winter-buds ovoid, resinous; branchlets glabrous, brownish: leaves spreading radially at nearly right angles, linear, thick and rigid, acute or obtusish, |-| inch long, dark green and stomatiferous and slightly convex above, with grayish bands beneath: cones cylindric, 4-5 inches long, p
Archive image from page 353 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 ( 258 THE CULTIVATED EVERGREENS fissured in old trees; winter-buds ovoid, resinous; branchlets glabrous, brownish: leaves spreading radially at nearly right angles, linear, thick and rigid, acute or obtusish, |-| inch long, dark green and stomatiferous and slightly convex above, with grayish bands beneath: cones cylindric, 4-5 inches long, purplish-brown; scales about 1 inch wide, with entire margin; bracts small, hidden. Spain.—Introduced in 1837 by Captain Widdrington to Great Britain. Hardy in sheltered positions as far north as Massachusetts. A handsome tree of striking appearance doing well on limestone soil. Var. argentea, Beiss. With silvery-white foliage. Var. glauca, Beiss. Blue Spanish F. With glaucous foliage. Of this species the following hybrids are known: A. Vilmorinii, Mast. {A. cephalonica XA. Pinsapo). A handsome vigorous tree with spreading spiny-pointed leaves about 1 inch long; intermediate between the parents. Originated in 1868 in France. A. insignis, Carr. {A. Nordmanniana X A. Pinsapo). A broad-pyramidal vigorous tree; winter-buds resinous: leaves crowded, the upper ranks pointing forward, thickish, lustrous bright green, usually obtuse at apex, about 1 inch long. Raised first in 1872 and repeatedly afterward; several forms have been distinguished, as var. Beissneriana, Rehd. {A. Beissneriana, Mott.), var. Kentiana, Rehd. {A. Kentiana, Mott.), var. Masterslana, Rehd. (A. Master- siana, Mott.), and var. speciosa, Rehd. {A. Nordmanniana speciosa, Bailly). 20. A. cephalonica, Loud. (A. panachaica, Heldr. A. Regince-Amalice, Heldr.). Greek F. Fig. 67. Tree to 100 feet tall; bark grayish-brown, smooth, fissured in old trees; winter- buds ovoid, reddish,resinous; brancldets lustrous, red-brown,
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