er; scales twice as broad as long; bracts short,
not projecting. A large tree, 75 to 150 ft. high; bark rough, grayish.
Native in the Rocky Mountains; hardy at the Arnold Arboretum,
Massachusetts, but needs some protection at St. Louis.

[Illustration: A. Cilicica.]

10. =Abies Cilicica=, Carr. (CILICIAN SILVER FIR.) Leaves flat, linear,
1 to 1 3/4 in. long and 1/12 in. broad, somewhat 2-ranked but rather
irregularly scattered around the young shoots; shining dark green above
and whitish beneath. Cones 7 to 8 in. long, nearly 2 in. in diameter,
cylindric, obtuse, erect, with thin and entire scales, and short and
hidden bracts. A very conical tree, 50 ft. high, with branches in
whorls, and numerous, small, slender branchlets. Bark light gray;
recently cultivated from Asia.

[Illustration: A. nobilis.]

11. =Abies nobilis=, Lindl. (NOBLE SILVER FIR.) Leaves 1 to 2 in. long,
linear, much curved, the base extending a short distance upward along
the branch, then spreading squarely from it, crowded, compressed, deep
green above, glaucous below; base of the leaf much less disk-like than
in most of the Firs; branches horizontal, spreading, numerous. Cones 6
to 7 in. long and nearly 2 in. in diameter, cylindric, sessile, with
large, entire, incurved scales; bracts large, exserted, reflexed,
spatulate, with terminal, awl-shaped points. A very large, beautiful
tree, from the Pacific coast, where it grows 200 ft. high. Hardy in
Pennsylvania, but needs some protection in Massachusetts.

[Illustration: A. pectinata.]

12. =Abies pectinata=, DC. (EUROPEAN OR COMMON SILVER FIR.) Leaves 1/2
to 1 in. long, linear, obtuse, occasionally with an incurved point,
polished green above, two white lines below, rigid, straight; branches
horizontal and in whorls. Cones 6 to 8 in. long, cylindric, brown when
ripe; scales broad, thin, rounded; bracts long, exserted, with an acute
reflexed tip. Introduced from Europe. Good specimens can be found as far
north as Massachusetts, though our climate is not fitted to give them
either long life or perfect form.

GENUS =97. LARIX.= (THE LARCHES.)

Leaves deciduous, all foliaceous, the primary ones scattered, but most
of them in bundles of numerous leaves from lateral globular buds. Cones
usually small (in one cultivated species 3 in. long), ovoid, erect, with
smooth scales.

* Cones less than 1 in. long, of not more than 25 scales 1.

* Cones 1 to 2 in. long, of from 40 to 60 sca