Fir trees Conifer�

Nat. Ord. (Natural Order) Conifer�. Lin. Syst. (Linnean System) Mon�cia, Monadelphia. The Fir trees differ from the Pines, to which they are nearly related, in having much shorter leaves, which are placed singly upon the branches, instead of being collected in little bundles or parcels of two, three, or five, as is the case in all Pines. They generally grow in a more conical manner than the latter, and in ornamental plantations owe their beauty in most cases more to their symmetrical regularity of growth than to picturesque expression.