1933. A. D. iaxifòlia.
.111(1 at Dropmore. Fig,
1933. is from a sketch of
the mode of ramificatioii
and of the foliage of a
tree iiaiiied A. Iaxifòlia in
the Edinb. Bot. Garden,
raised from seeds received
from the late Mr. Thos.
Drimmiond, after tliearctic
expedition. It is, Mr. M'
Niib observes, an upright-
growing tree ; and, with its
long and dark leaves, very
distinct from all the specimens
of A. Douglàsii he
had seen.
A la rg e c o n ic a l t r e e , w ith a ru g g ed g rey ish b r o w n b a i k , fi om 6
th ic k a n d a b o u n d in g in b a ls am ic r e s in . L c a v c s s om ew h a t p e c tin .ito and
snveadino- n a iT ow -lin e a r, o b tu s e o n th e m a rg in a n d a p e x , q u ite c n ti i e , fl.it,
dterk g r e e n ab o v e, m a rk e d o n th e m id d le w ith a d e p re s s e d I'»®. s te® '}
i r in e a th ; 1 in . lo n g . T h e b a rk , in y o u n g tre e s , h a s it\''®®®P'»®'®° t e ®‘' ]
c l e i r v e liow ro s in , in th e sam e m a n n e r a s t h a t o f th e h a m o f G ile a d , .ind
t 9. A. M e n z i e ' s / i Douglas. Menzics’s, or the w aH e d - b r a n c lw d , Spruce Fir.
Identiticalion. Dougl.
MS., Limll., in re im .
Cy c ., l . p . 32. _
Sunonynie. J 'ln u s Mcn-
ziCsn Lamli. Pin. 3.
Engravings. Lamb.Pin.,
3. t. 39., and our fig.
1934. from Lambert,
and tho seeds from
specimens In tho Horticultural
Society 8
herbarium sent home
by Dougins.
Spec. Char., f r .
Leaves acute,
flat ; silvery beneath,
tiiriied_ in
every direction.
Cones cylindrical
; scales scarious,
gnawed on
the margin. (J).
Don.) Leaves
I in. long. Cones
from in. to
3 in. long, and
from lin. to IJin.
broad; scales Jin.
long, and J in.
broad. Seed very
small, scarcelv
1 in. long ; with
thc wing, i in. IW'J. A. Mcir/.iòbfi.
long. A tall tree North of California. Height,?. Introduced in 1 8 3 1
Ihere are only small plants in British gardens.
A tree with the general appearance of A. Doughls«. Branches and branchlets
tubercled. Buds ovate, acute, covered with resin. Leaves turn« !n eve?
direction, rc.supinate from being twisted at the base, linear, mucro! date Tn
curved ; SI very beneath, articulated with an eleviited tutarclc vTry !hort‘
not more than 2 in. long, rigid, rather sharp-pointed, and very s!on fidll^Yoff
he dried specimens. Cones pendulous, eyliiulrical 3 in. lo ? . On ly a ve!v
few plants of A. Menzies« were ra sccl in the Ilorrirtnlfnr.w «
iu the year 1832; so that the species is aT " teL T » e m ^ 4 T fo t ' s ‘
country. Heudily propagated by cuttings. meiy laie in this
? r Z Jdent/ficiJtiofn. ZMuichZx. 'NT. A’m" or. Syl. 3 p 185 ‘Sv pruce FAir
to - T o « , s. p. .61.,
F ra c /ifnC n « « ;,,,. Siipindu Canada, Srhioilings F ijiiti ¿ a ?™ '' <«J the
i - - Ham., 6. t. S2.
S . . J ■„.1, , . , „ 1 , , |„, t a g , . a , 3, ™e. ; • l y. i™. -
19.15. yl. canadénsis.
The hemlock spruce, in Europe, is a most elegant tree, from the svimne
iical di.sposition o( its hranches, which droop gracefully at their extremities
.1 .t.s,hght, and yet tufted, foliage. When ih! tree i s ? o u n r the tam c iS
h n r t e fT '’ i ™‘‘i rein^kably elegant. The rate of growth, in the
Climate of London, is rather slow ; but plants, in 10 vears will attain tUa
locfsnrucek ] feet. The wood ofthe hemof
No^r thr iA m? A !l ta ; hut the‘ bark ‘ii’st ei nestimab'>le‘f,o ®in‘- ®thf a'fto ®co fuo“n-tgrey ,r ofsoinr oLthise trpeuers