THE \\'HITE SPRUCE (Picea Canadensis) 

 Dark blue-green or pale blue foliage, leaves crowded on smooth twigs, cone slenderly cylindrical, 2 inches long, with ' 

 flcTible, entire scales these traits belong to this species. The white wood is now much in demand for making paper. , 

 pale leaves and bark give the tree its name | 



THE BLACK SPRUCE {Pkea Mariana) 1 



This tree has Pubescent twigs and spinv, blue-green foilage. The little oval cones, which become globose as their! 

 scales spread, cling for vears. There seems to be little justification for the word "black" in its name, for bark is greyish-bn 

 and the wood Dale yellow Y^t ' Northern bog clothed with acres of this growth 'S a sombre, monotonous stretch 



