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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM.

PART III.

was, in 1837, 1 ft. high. The finest plants of this species in the neighbour-hood of London are at the Hendon Rectory, where, in October, 1837, onewas 2 ft. high, and the other 1 ft. 8 in., both in pots. Price of plants, in theLondon nurseries, three guineas each.

t 8. P. Webb ia'NA Wall, Webb’s purple-coned Silver Fir.

Synonymes. Finns Wcbhidna Wall, in Litt., Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 2. t. 44. ; P. spectabilis Lamb.Uo'nog ., 2.; p. 3. t. 2.; A'bies Webb tins Lindt in Penn. Cyc., No. 7., Royle Illust. ; Chilrow,and the Oonum, or purple-coned fir, in the Himalayas.

Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., t. 44. ; Monog., 2. t. 2. ; and our Jigs. 225L and 2252.

Spec. Char., S;c. Leaves 2-rowed, linear, flat, obtuselyemarginate, silvery beneath.

Cones cylindrical; scaleskidney-shaped, roundish ;bracteoles oblong, apiculate.

(D. Don.) Buds round,pointless, thickly coveredwith a yellow resin, by whichalone the tree may bereadily distinguished fromevery other species ofPicea.

Cones from 6J in. to 7 in.long, and above 2 in. broad.

Leaves of young plants, inthe Horticultural Society’sGarden, from 1^ in. to 2J in.long. Scale above 1 in.long, and 1J in. broad.

Seeds, with the wing, J in.long; wing A in. broad inthe widest part. Seedsin. long, and ^ in. broad.

In general they are smaller,but longer, and with a sharperpoint, than those of thecommon silver fir; and, likethe seeds of the commonsilver fir, they are of a brown-ish purple colour. Cotyle-dons,?. A tree, a native ofNepal, in which country itwas discovered by CaptainW. S. Webb. Introducedinto England by Dr. Wal-lich, in 1822.

Description, S,c. A large,handsome, pyramidal tree,from80 ft. to 90 ft. high, with a trunkfrom 3 ft. to 4 ft. in diameternear the base. Branches nu-merous, spreading horizon-tally, much divided, denselyclothed with leaves, disposedin whorls, covered with a paleash-coloured, rough, scaly bark; bent upwards at the apex. Wood compact,whitish rose-colour. Leaves linear, solitary, crowded, 2-rowed, spreading,coriaceous, smooth, shining; 1 \ in. to 2in. long, 2 lines broad; very darkgreen above; canaliculate, somewhat deflexed on the margin, quite entire;