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CONI'fEKyE. y^BIES. 



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2216 



whereas no cattle could enter the Wilderness to injure the spruce growing 

 there. Besides the tree mentioned, other anomalies, equally interesting, 



2217 



occur in two specimens, also of Norway 

 spruce, which were blown down ii great 

 many years ago. The gardener, Mr. 

 Young, has been at the Whim 13 years ; 

 and, during that period, no difference, 

 he says, has been observable "on the ho- 

 rizontal portions ; but he knows consi- 

 derable alteration in the upright stems, 

 both as regards their circumference and 

 height. One of these is called the Man- 

 of-War Spruce. ( Fig. 2217., to a scale 

 of 1 in. to 12 ft.) It has four stems, dif- 

 fering in height and distance from each 

 other, as represented in tlie figure ; the 

 tallest being 34 It. in height from the 

 ground. At first sight, this tree seems 

 to derive its principal nourishment from 

 the lower portion of the root, at the ex- 

 tremity of the fallen stem : such, how- 

 ever, is not the case ; for, on digging 

 beside the horizontal trunk, several 

 strong roots were found to have pro- 

 ceeded from the under portion of it, and 

 these roots spread out many feet, at a 

 few inches under the surface. In the 

 other specimens (^g. 2218., to a scale 

 of I in. to 12 ft.), roots were seen pro- 

 truding above ground, from the side of 

 the horizontal stem ; and, when ex- 

 amined by digging, the under surface was also found to have produced 



