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 GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRADES 



GRADE V. 

 The Hemlock Tree. 



"The Abies Canadensis, or common hemlock 

 spruce, is a very beautiful evergreen tree. It grows 

 best at about forty-five degrees north latitude, grow- 

 ing there about eighty feet in heig-ht and two and 

 one-half feet in diameter. It is found as far north 

 as fifty-one degrees and as far south as forty-one. 

 It is the most graceful tree of the cone bearing fam- 

 ily, and lives to be three hundred years old. It grows 

 as far west as the Pacific Ocean, but not very plenti- 

 fully. It is not found in the Old World at all. 



' ' The bark is very rough and in some places it is of 

 a bright crimson color. The inner bark is of a dark 

 brown color and is very fibrous. On an old tree the 

 bark is very rough, but on the branches and twigs it 

 is always smooth. On an old tree the bark is some- 

 times an inch thick. 



" The wood is not very heavy, and is fibrous. The 

 heart- wood is a very little darker than the sap-wood. 

 The wood splits very easily, because the rays are so 



