278 FAMILIAR TREES AND THEIR LEAVES. 



southward from Pennsylvania along the Alleghany 

 Mountains to North Carolina. I call to mind a 

 most beautiful group of these spirelike trees which 

 flanks what is known as the " Bog Road ' : in Camp- 

 ton, N. EL I can conceive of nothing more solemn 

 and impressive than the fir tree in moonlight ; al- 

 though it never attains an altitude of more than 45 

 feet (so far as my knowledge extends), it certainly 

 reveals, in the light of the moon, a figure of vague 



and stately proportions. My sketch 

 was taken from a specimen 42 

 feet high, which grows in a 

 maple orchard at Blair, N. H. 



Fraser's Balsam Fir. Fraser's bal- 

 AbusFraseri. gam fir ig ft 



rare, small tree which does 



not exceed 40 feet in height, and 

 which grows in the higher Alle- 

 ghany Mountains from North Caro- 

 lina southward. The very blunt nee- 

 dle is from one half to three quar- 

 ters of an inch long, and bluish white 

 on the back, with a distinct line of 

 green down the middle ; the little 

 branchlets are thickly beset with 

 needles on the upper side, and on the 

 lower side the color is extremely whitish. While the 



Fraser's Fir. 



