Tree Life 
hemlock, never so stately and distant as spruce or pine, 
is the most gracious of all its kindred. 
Clustered in darksome dignity, and swept by the 
north wind, their communings are undoubtedly the 
most serious of all their race. They never wax nor 
wane, like other trees; the thrill of spring-time and 
forebodings of autumn are alike unfelt, as they maintain 
their age-long course with frigid equanimity. But every 
nature-lover feels the refreshment of their rich dark 
forms, and will delight in studying their peculiarities 
of species and genera no less than those of the deciduous 
sorts. Pine, spruce, fir and cedar will then be some- 
thing more than vague distinctions, and the one simple 
scheme of arboreal growth will here be found curiously 
diversified. 
The following is the list, found in our territory, of 
EVERGREEN TREES 
White Pine Southern Balsam Fir 
Red Pine White Spruce 
Yellow Pine Black Spruce 
Pitch Pine Red Spruce 
Loblolly Pine Norway Spruce 
Jersey Scrub Pine Hemlock 
Northern Scrub Pine Arborvitz 
Table Mountain Pine Larch (coniferous but decidu- 
White Cedar ous) 
Red Cedar Bald Cypress (coniferous but 
Balsam Fir deciduous) 
The five foregoing lists help one to realize the abun- 
dance and variety of our sylva, and this method of 
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