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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.

1 8. P. Webb ia'NA Wall. Webb’s purple-coned Silver Fir .

Synonymes. Pin us WebbiAnn Wall, in Litt., Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 2. t. 44. ; P. spectabilis Lamb.Monas., i P- 3 - t- ; -d'bies Webb icina Lindl. in Penn. Cyc., No. 7., Royle Iliust.; Chilrow,and the Oonum, or purple-toned fir, in the Himalayas .

Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., t. 44.; Monog., 2. t. 2. ; and oar Jigs. 2251. and 2252.

Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves 2-rowed, linear, flat, obtuselyemarginate, silvery beneath.

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

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

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

Leaves of young plants, inthe Horticultural Society’sGarden, from 1£ in. to 21 in.long. Scale above 1 in.long, and 11 in. broad.

Seeds, with the wing, J in.long; wing i- in. broad inthe widest part. SeedsJij in. long, and T 3 ff 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, Sjc. 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;