SYLVA AMERICANA. 



PART II. 



DENDROLOGY. 



" ABIES. 



Monoecia Monadelphia. Linn. Coniferse. Juss. Expectorant, 



secernant, stimulant. 



White or Single Spruce. Abies alba. 



This tree, which appertains 

 to the coldest regions of 

 North America, is called in 

 Canada Ejpinette blanche, in 

 Nova Scotia White Spruce, 

 and in New Brunswick and 

 the state of Maine Single 

 Spruce. As the last two 

 denominations are generally- 

 known, we have adopted that 

 which appeared the best. It 

 is most abundant in Lower 

 Canada, Newfoundland, New 

 Brunswick, Nova Scotia, in 

 Maine,Vermont, New Hamp- 



Fig. 1. A branch with a cone. Fig. 2. A seed, shire and Massachusetts, but 



is rarely seen farther south except in cold and humid situations. 

 The situations in which the white spruce is the most abundant is 

 of a moist sandy loam. 



plate II. 



A branch with a cone. 



