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THE BALSAM FIR (Jbies la^iocarpa) 



f blup-prrcn leaves ard the pale or white bark of twips pivc this tree a spectral expression. The leaves are lonp, hlunt and 

 curved so as to stand erect. This giant tree of the Northwestern mountains is comparatively worthless, except for fuel 



