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'IkKKS GROWING IN RICH bU IL. 



us it stands alone amid its new and untried surroundings? 



Although il had ardently longed to grow 

 and to have the (juietude of the forest, 

 that it might see something of the world 

 without; it had been hurt by the axeman, 

 and il found almost stifling the air of the 

 brilliantly-liglited 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. Fniseri^ 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 bahhmea. 



