WHITE SPRUCE (Picea Canadensis, B. S. & P.). 60 to 

 150 feet. Broadly pyramidal, open head of wide-spreading, 

 stout branches, with upward-sweeping ends, smooth, orange- 

 brown, becoming gray. Bark thin, pale gray, scaly, turning 

 brownish. Wood light, soft, yellow, weak, straight-grained, 

 used for lumber and wood pulp. Leaves 4-sided, pea green 

 (silvery at first), to f inch long, twisted to spread on upper 

 side of twig. Flowers in solitary, cone-like clusters, pale 

 red, turning yellow. Fruits cylindrical, blunt cones, stalked, 

 about 2 inches long, with thin, blunt, or notched scales, falling 

 soon after seeds. Dist. : Northern Canada and Alaska, south 

 to northern tier of states. 



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