It is a handsome little fern about four or five inches high, has pale-green pinnate fronds, and shining bronze-colored stalks about as brittle as glass.

这是种漂亮的小蕨类植物， 大约有四五英寸高， 有淡绿色的状复， 闪亮的青铜色茎玻璃样易碎。

The leaves are in two horizontal rows, along branchlets that commonly are less than eight years old, forming handsome plumes, pinnated like the fronds of ferns.

子水平排成两排，沿着通常不到八年生的小枝，形成漂亮的，蕨类植物的子样呈状。

The leaves are arranged in two horizontal rows along branchlets that commonly are less than eight years old, forming handsome plumes, pinnated like the fronds of ferns.

子沿着通常不到八岁的小枝排列成两排水平的，形成漂亮的，蕨类植物的子样状排列。

The other species, Abies concolor, attains nearly as great a height and thickness as the magnifica, but the branches do not form such regular whorls, nor are they so exactly pinnated or richly leaf-clad.

其他物种 Abies concolor 的高度和厚度几乎与 magnifica 样大，但树枝没有形成如此规则的螺旋，它们也没有完全状突起或覆盖着丰富的子。

The branches are mostly whorled in fives, and stand out from the straight, red-purple bole in level, or in old trees in drooping collars, every branch regularly pinnated like fern-fronds, making broad plumes, singularly rich and sumptuous-looking.

枝条多呈五瓣轮生，从笔直的紫红色树干中挺拔而出，或在老树中呈下垂的领，每根枝条有规则地状状状蕨，形成宽大的，显得异常富丽堂皇。

At an elevation of 6000 feet above the level of the sea the silver firs are 200 feet high, with branches whorled around the colossal shafts in regular order, and every branch beautifully pinnate like a fern frond.

在海拔 6000 英尺的地方，银杉有 200 英尺高，树枝有规律地围绕巨大的树干旋转，每根树枝都蕨样美丽地呈状。

The leaves, light yellow green, thrice pinnate and finely cut, give them a rich ferny appearance, and they are dotted with minute glands that secrete wax with a peculiar pleasant odor that blends finely with the spicy fragrance of the pines.

子淡黄绿色，三次状复，切得很细，有种浓郁的蕨类植物外观，面点缀着分泌蜡质的细小腺体，散发出种奇特的令人愉悦的气味，与松树的辛辣香气相得益彰。