SPRUCE. 



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some Soft Pines and superior to Silver Fir as timber, superior to 

 Pine for paper-pulp and much valued as a " resonance wood " for 

 violins and sounding boards. So similar are the Baltic and 

 Canadian Spruce that in England each is used on that side of the 

 country nearest to its origin and the price of one affects that of 

 the other. 

 Spruce, American. See Spruce, Black. 



FIG. 63. Transverse section of Spruce (Picta excelsa). 



Spruce, Bastard. See Pine, Oregon. 



Spruce, Baltic. See Spruce, Common. 



Spruce, Black (Picta nigra Link). Alaska, Canada, New- 

 foundland and North-eastern United States. Known also as 

 " American, Canadian, New Brunswick, St. John's, Double " or 

 " Muskeag Spruce." French " Sapinette noir, Epinette noir, 

 Epinette a la biere." Germ. "Schwarzfichte." Height 2580 

 ft.; diam. 13 ft. S.G. 451510. W 28'5. e 1'74. p' '83. 

 R 747 kilos. Sapwood nearly white; heart slightly reddish, 

 light, soft, elastic, strong, compact, with satiny lustre, being 



