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TREES GROWING IN RICH SOIL. 



as it stands alone amid its new and untried surroundings ? 

 Although it had ardently longed to grow 

 and to leave the quietude of the forest, 

 that it might see something of the world 

 without ; it had been hurt by the axeman, 

 and it found almost stifling the air of the 

 brilliantly-lighted room. It bled at its 

 base and suffered. 



Even in cultivation the tree is short- 

 lived. It is the one, it is well to remem- 

 ber, from which the needles should be 

 gathered to fill pillows. 



From the blister-like portions of its 

 bark, balsam is abundantly procured, and 

 the air laden with its odours is known to have certain bene- 

 ficial qualities, especially when breathed by those that have 

 pulmonary diseases. 



A. Fraseri, Fraser's balsam fir, is a beautiful rare tree 

 which grows among the higher Alleghany mountains. It is very 

 like the preceding species. In general tone it is olive-green 

 although the under side of the needles is bluish white, and 

 running through their middle is a line of bright green. The 

 needles are very blunt-pointed and grow thickly on the upper 

 side of the little branchlets. The cones are small and oblong, 

 and the inner leaflet, or bract of the scales, projects a short and 

 reflexed point. 



Abiis balshmea. 



