1 74 Trees with Simple Leaves. [c i 



Bark, reddish and scaly ; when old, somewhat roughened 

 by long, shallow furrows. 



Cones, very small (three fourths of an inch long) ; droop- 

 ing ; oval or egg-shape. Scales, few, thin, rounded, 

 and entire. The seed with the wing is about three 

 fourths the length of the scale. The cone does not 

 fall apart when ripe. 



Found, from Southern New Brunswick and the Valley of 

 the St. Lawrence through the Northern States to 

 Delaware, and along the Alleghany Mountains to 

 Alabama. Common northward, often forming large 

 forests. 



An evergreen tree, sixty to eighty feet high, irregular 

 in outline, very graceful, especially when young, with 

 light and delicate foliage and horizontal or drooping 

 branches. The timber is very coarse ; the bark much 

 used for tanning, and with medicinal qualities. 



Genus ABIES, Link. (Fir.) 



Fig. 90. Balsam Fir, Balm of Gilead Fir. A. bahamea (L.), 

 Miller. 



Leaves, SIMPLE ; INDETERMINATE in position because of 

 their closeness ; arranged singly up and down the 

 branchlets, at first radiating about equally on every 

 side, afterward flattened into two ranks, as in the 

 Hemlock. 



Leaf, one half to one inch long, narrow ; apex blunt or 

 notched ; edge entire ; flat, with a grooved line 

 above and a corresponding raised line below ; bright 

 green above ; silvery white below. 



