320 WOODS OF COMMERCE. 



Morica." Said to have been largely exterminated for the sake of 

 its timber. 



Spruce, Single. See Spruce, White. 



Spruce, Sitka (P. sitcMnsis Carr.). Western North America 

 from Alaska to California. Known also as "Menzies', Tideland" 

 or " Californian Coast Spruce." Height 100250 ft. ; diam. 6 

 12 or 15 ft. Light brown, tinged with red, light, soft, straight- 



Fio. 64. Transverse section of Sitka Spruce (Pic6a sitcMnsis). 



grained, compact, not strong (Fig. 64). Said to be the best of 

 American Spruces. Used for house and boat-building, carpentry, 

 cooperage, woodenware, fencing, etc. 



Spruce, Tideland. See Spruce, Sitka. 



Spruce, White (i) (P. dlba Link). Alaska to Newfoundland 

 and the Northern United States. Known also as " Single 

 Spruce." Light, soft, straight and even-grained, with a satiny 

 lustre, compact but not strong. Confused with wide-ringed 

 examples of the Black Spruce, (ii) (P. Engelmdnni Engelm.). 

 Rocky Mountains from Alberta to Arizona and New Mexico at 



