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pine, but are not so large and long. The bark and the trunk of the 

 tree resemble the larch. The trees grow tall and straight, and are 

 without limbs, except near the top. The wood is firm and elastic, 

 and so strong that it is exceedingly difficult to break a limb of an 

 inch in diameter. The tree, it is stated, is admirably calculated for 

 masts and spars, from its great elasticity and strength. 



24. *{{SILVER FIR. Fir Balsam, BalmofGilead. Pinus balsamea. 

 A native of the northern parts of America. An evergreen tree, 



of a tall and elegant appearance ; the leaves are of dark green above 

 and of a silvery hue beneath ; a tree much admired for the beauty 

 of its form and foliage. 



25. *{SPRUCE. Pinus. 



The Black Spruce (P. nigra) and the Red Spruce (P. rubra) are 

 ornamental varieties, and deserving a place in every large garden. 

 The branches of most of those varieties incline to grow horizontally. 



26. ^{{NORWAY SPRUCE FIR.' Pinus abies. 



The branches, as the trees advance, grow pendent or drooping, 

 and are of a dark green color, and most strikingly picturesque. The 

 most beautiful and splendid tree of all the evergreen or fir tribe for 

 northern climes, and nearly equalling in beauty the cedar of Lebanon. 



27. {{SYCAMORE. Acer pseudo platanus. 



The tree grows tall and of elegant form ; the leaves are very 

 large, broad, of a dark green hue. A tree of ornament. 2d, Striped- 

 Leaved Sycamore. (A.fol. var.) A variety with beautiful striped 

 leaves. 



28. {{TULIP TREE. JJiriodendron tulipifera. 



A very beautiful, majestic tree, which rises, with a straight trunk, 

 to the height of eighty or a hundred feet. The leaves are large, of 

 a singular form, ofa bright green. The flowers appear in June, and 

 much resemble the tulip; ofa greenish yellow, touched with red. 



29. {{WEEPING WILLOW. Salix Bdbylonica. PARASOL. 



A well-known tree, rising to the height of forty or fifty feet; its 

 branches drooping; one of the most elegant of all shade trees. Its 

 outline, when standing insulated, is pleasing and very striking. 2d, 

 Golden Willow. (S. vitellina.) A variety of a gold color, which at- 

 tains a stately size. 



30. {NAPOLEON WILLOW. 



A variety raised from the tree which grows over the former tomb 

 of Napoleon, at St. Helena. It is at least equally as hardy, but the 

 tree droops less than the Weeping willow. 



CLASS II. TREES OF SECONDARY HEIGHT, 



FOB THE THIRD RANGE. 



31. {ACACIA, PURPLE FLOWERING. RoMnia viscosa. 



A tree which never grows tall ; the young wood is glutinous, and 

 the flowers are of a purple color, and in large racemes. 



32. {LARGE DOUBLE FLOWERING ALMOND. See page 211. 



