28 THE WOODS OF NEW BRUNSWICK. 
Gilead (var. Candicans), grows to a fair size along the shores of 
streams in the northern part of New Brunswick, especially on the 
banks of the Tobique, Grand, and Green rivers. Its wood may be 
used for door panels or other interior house finishing, as it is soft 
and easily worked ; it takes a stain and finishes well. It is only 
locally abundant, and therefore of small importance commercially. 
AMERICAN ASPEN (LP. tremuloides, Michaux). 
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This tree is found in great abundance on the lands of the 
New Brunswick Land and Lumber Company, especially on the 
heads of the Clear Water, Wapskehegun and Gulquac, covering 
large tracts of land growing on ridges mixed with white birch 
and fir. It is of large size, attaining frequently a diameter 
of 2 feet. The larger trees are more frequently sound than the 
smaller, as the latter, when affected by disease or rot, soon die. It 
also occurs abundantly on the Crown Lands of New Brunswick 
at the head of the Miramichi, and along the Intercolonial rail- 
way, where, however, it is of smaller size. The wood of the Aspen, 
when seasoned, is tough, light, and hard. It does not warp, crack, 
or shrink, and is very close grained and white, and takes a high 
polish. It is used in the construction of sleighs and carriages, 
and makes excellent floor boards in house building, and might be 
used much more than it is for furniture and interior finishing. 
It also makes superior handles for hoes, rakes, or other similar 
implements. 
