Tree Life 



hemlock, never so stately and distant as spruce or pine, 

 is the most gracious of all its kindred. 



Clustered in darksome dignity, and swept by the 

 north wind, their communings are undoubtedly the 

 most serious of all their race. They never wax nor 

 wane, like other trees; the thrill of spring-time and 

 forebodings of autumn are alike unfelt, as they maintain 

 their age-long course with frigid equanimity. But every 

 nature-lover feels the refreshment of their rich dark 

 forms, and will delight in studying their peculiarities 

 of species and genera no less than those of the deciduous 

 sorts. Pine, spruce, fir and cedar will then be some- 

 thing more than vague distinctions, and the one simple 

 scheme of arboreal growth will here be found curiously 

 diversified. 



The following is the list, found in our territory, of 



EVERGREEN TREES 



White Pine Southern Balsam Fir 



Red Pine White Spruce 



Yellow Pine Black Spruce 



Pitch Pine Red Spruce 



Loblolly Pine Norway Spruce 



Jersey Scrub Pine Hemlock 



Northern Scrub Pine Arborvitae 



Table Mountain Pine Larch (coniferous but decidu- 



White Cedar ous) 



Red Cedar Bald Cypress (coniferous but 



Balsam Fir deciduous) 



The five foregoing lists help one to realize the abun- 

 dance and variety of our sylva, and this method of 



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