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fine that they cannot hold the fibers together very 

 strongly. There are no ducts. The wood is used 

 mostly for timbers for barns, and sometimes for fuel. 

 It is not very often used for fuel, for it snaps a great 

 deal. 



" The leaf of the hemlock spruce is something like 

 that of the pine. It is linear, and is about one-third 

 of an inch in length. There are a great many differ- 

 ences between the leaves of the hemlock and pine. 

 The pine leaves grow in clusters, while the hemlock 

 leaves grow singly. The pine leaves are four-cor- 

 nered, while the hemlock leaves are flat. They are 

 both alike in remaining green all winter. The hem- 

 lock leaves grow on a small stock , or stem, and very 

 thickly together. They sprout out of a tiny bulb, 

 and there are three sets of them. One row grows 

 pointing upward, and on each side there is a row 

 pointing outward. The leaves are a very bright 

 green color, and glossy on the upper side, but on the 

 under side they are a light green with tiny white 

 lines. The under side is also glossy. The margin 

 is entire and has tiny white hairs. 



1 ' The cone of the hemlock spruce is about three- 

 quarters of an inch long, and half an inch thick. It 

 consists of many very small scales, which are of a 

 dark brown color. The seeds are about one-fifth of 

 an inch long, including the wing, which is of a light 



