 | Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (Scotland) - 1897 - Страниц: 464
...tinge, and takes a good polish. Habitat — North Western America and Vancouver Island, where it is one of the grandest of the group of giants which combine to form the forests of the far west. Introduced into Britain in 1827, and now commonly met with in our plantations, in its infantine... | |
 | John Strong Newberry - 1857 - Страниц: 408
...which I brought a large number. The size of A. Douglasii has not been over stated. It is, in fact, one of the grandest of the group of giants which combine to form the forests of the far west. I saw several individuals of this species which had a diameter of ten feet four feet from... | |
 | 1857 - Страниц: 132
...which I brought a large number. The size of A. Douglasii has not been over stated. It is, in fact, one of the grandest of the group of giants which combine to form the forests of the far west. I saw several individuals of this species which had a diameter of ten feet four feet from... | |
 | John Shertzer Hittell - 1874 - Страниц: 490
...feet in height. § 284. firs. — The red fir, or Douglas spruce, (Abies doug. lasii) is a tree o£ very large size, growing to be three hundred feet...the forests of the West." The wood is strong, but course and uneven in grain ; the layers of each year's growth being soft on one side, and very hard... | |
 | John Shertzer Hittell - 1875 - Страниц: 498
...about two inches long, and they grow in pairs. The tree does not exceed sixty feet in height. § 284. Firs.— The red fir, or Douglas spruce, (Abies douglasii)..." one of the grandest of the group of giants which combme to form the forests of the West." The wood is strong, but course and uneven in grain ; the layers... | |
 | Veitch James and sons - 1881 - Страниц: 396
...and 9,000 feet, this beautiful Fir has proved rather tender in this country." Abies Douglasii " is one of the grandest of the group of giants which combine to form the forests of the West. It attains a height of 200 and even 300 feet, with a diameter of 10 feet at 4 feet above the ground.... | |
 | James Veitch & Sons - 1881 - Страниц: 404
...and 9,000 feet, this beautiful Fir has proved rather tender iu this country." Abies Douglasii " is one of the grandest of the group of giants which combine to form the forests of the West. It attains a height of 200 and even 300 feet, with a diameter of 10 feet at 4 feet above the ground.... | |
 | Colorado. State Board of Horticulture - 1890 - Страниц: 634
...by the various names of mountain hemlock, Oregon pine, red fir, yellow fir and swamp pine. l*his is the grandest of the group of giants, which combine to form the forests of the West, and is found from Mexico to Sitka and from sealevel to an altitude of 10,000 feet. It forms a -gigantic... | |
 | Francis Martin Norman - 1902 - Страниц: 386
...scarcely more than infant representatives and give but a faint idea of the Douglas " at home " — " the grandest of the group of giants which combine to form the forests of the West," the most widely distributed, not only of the American firs, but of all American trees ; and one of the... | |
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Douglas spruce, (Abies doug. lasii) is a tree o£ very large size, growing to be three hundred feet high, and ten feet thick in the trunk. It is, as Dr. Newberry says, " one of the grandest of the group of giants which combine to form the forests of the... 