CAROLINA HEMLOCK (Tsuga Caroliniana, Engelin). 40 

 to 70 feet. Compact, pyramidal tree, with pendulous, grace- 

 ful branches. Bark red-brown, thick, checked into irregu- 

 lar plates by deep clefts; branches brown; twigs orange, pubes- 

 cent. Wood pale brown, brittle, coarse-grained, weak; used 

 locally for fuel; planted as a park tree. Leaves dark green, 

 lustrous above, whitish beneath, grooved, curved, i to f inch 

 long, blunt or notched at tip, twisted to appear 2-ranked on 

 twigs. Flowers solitary, purplish, in early spring; staminate 

 globular, minute; pistillate oblong, w T ith broad scales and 

 bracts. Fruit pendent, brown, thin-scaled cones, 1 to l 

 inches long, stalked, scales spreading widely to discharge the 

 winged seeds in winter. Dist.: Rocky banks of streams in 

 mountain districts from Virginia to Georgia, forming groves 

 Excellent ornamental tree, hardy in New England. 



