CHAPTER XXII. 



V. Evergreen Leaves. 



2. With short, flat, blunt needles, or with soft needles. 

 THE HEMLOCK, FIR, AND LARCH. 



Hemlock. Theke is no more graceful and orna- 



Tmga Canadensis. men tal evergreen tree than the hem- 

 lock when it grows in the 

 open, where it receives 

 the full benefit of unob- 

 structed sunlight. The 

 boughs of this tree are 

 plumelike, drooping, and 

 spread out laterally with 

 an appearance of feathery 

 lightness. Its blunt, flat 

 needles, about 

 half an inch 

 long, are the 

 most lustrous 

 dark green imag- 

 inable, with a delicate whitish tint beneath ; in late 



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Hemlock. 



