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common pine lumber is made. It is one of the most grace- 

 ful trees of the pine family. If it were a rare foreign tree, 

 its beauty would be appreciated. It grows well on the 

 bluff, and should be more extensively cultivated for orna- 

 ment. 



Perhaps it may be proper to add the Yellow Pine Pinus 

 mitis. It is rather a pretty evergreen and will grow on the 

 bluff. 



The Norway Spruce Abies Excelsa, is one of the finest 

 of evergreens. It is a lofty forest tree, indigenous to 

 northern Europe and Asia, and further south among the 

 mountains where it is very abundant. It lives to a great 

 age. It is said by Michaux to require one hundred and 

 fifty years to develop its full proportions. Bryant in his 

 work on forest trees, says: "No other evergreen is more 

 easily raised from seed ; no other is more cheaply obtained 

 from nurseries; no other is more successfully transplanted. 

 It is perfectly hardy ; its growth is vigorous and rapid ; its 

 branches and foliage dense and compact, and it readily 

 adapts itself to a variety of soils and climate. Its lower 

 branches are persistent; its growth is perfectly upright, 

 and where room is allowed, it pushes its limbs out in all 

 directions in defiance of the force of the wind." 



The Hemlock Abies Canadensis, is a graceful tree, with 

 dense, dark green foliage, a native of the colder parts of the 

 United States and Canada. It will doubtless thrive best 

 where it is somewhat protected from the sun. 



Bryant says of it: "Although despised as 'common' 

 by many in the countries where it is native, the Hemlock 

 has few, if any, equals among evergreens as an ornamental 

 tree." 



The Balsam Fir Abies Balsamea, is handsome while 

 young, but is short lived and of little value. 



The Red Cedar Juniperus Virginiana, does reasonably 

 well on the declivities of the bluff. Its growth, however, 



