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  Forty-seventh 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  State 
  Museum. 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  cone 
  scales 
  incurved 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  way 
  as 
  to 
  give 
  to 
  each 
  

   scale 
  a 
  globular 
  shape 
  and 
  to 
  expose 
  to 
  view 
  the 
  bracts 
  of 
  the 
  

   cone. 
  The 
  cone 
  itself 
  presented 
  an 
  appearance 
  which 
  might 
  be 
  

   compared 
  to 
  a 
  mulberry 
  or 
  blackberry 
  with 
  very 
  large 
  drupelets. 
  

   Other 
  trees 
  standing 
  near 
  had 
  cones 
  on 
  \,hem 
  of 
  the 
  usual 
  form. 
  

   There 
  was 
  no 
  appearance 
  of 
  injury 
  to 
  the 
  cones 
  by 
  insects 
  

   nor 
  by 
  any 
  other 
  agencies. 
  While 
  this 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  a 
  permanent 
  

   variety, 
  perhaps 
  a 
  mere 
  sport 
  only, 
  for 
  the 
  sake 
  of 
  convenience 
  I 
  

   designate 
  it 
  as 
  variety 
  incur 
  va. 
  

  

  Picea 
  alba 
  Lk. 
  

  

  The 
  white 
  spiuce 
  is 
  much 
  less 
  frequent 
  in 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  

   region 
  than 
  the 
  black 
  spruce. 
  I 
  have 
  observed 
  it 
  in 
  Ess* 
  x 
  county 
  

   only. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  handsome 
  tree 
  though 
  generally 
  of 
  small 
  size, 
  

   branching 
  nearly 
  or 
  quite 
  to 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  consequently 
  not 
  of 
  

   much 
  value 
  for 
  timber. 
  There 
  is, 
  however, 
  a 
  large 
  tree 
  on 
  the 
  

   northern 
  slope 
  of 
  Raven 
  hill, 
  standing 
  near 
  the 
  road 
  between 
  

   Elizabethtown 
  and 
  "Wadhams 
  Mills. 
  It 
  is 
  about 
  two 
  feet 
  in 
  

   diameter 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  but 
  its 
  branches 
  extend 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  

   ground. 
  The 
  resemblance 
  between 
  the 
  white 
  spruce 
  and 
  some 
  

   forms 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  spruce 
  is 
  so 
  close 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  alwaj-s 
  easy 
  

   for 
  an 
  unskilled 
  person 
  to 
  separate 
  them. 
  The 
  descriptions 
  of 
  

   these 
  trees, 
  as 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  Manual, 
  indicate 
  but 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  their 
  

   distinctive 
  features, 
  and 
  the 
  characters 
  there 
  ascribed 
  to 
  the 
  

   edges 
  of 
  the 
  cone 
  scales 
  do 
  not 
  in 
  all 
  cases 
  hold 
  good. 
  Having 
  

   compared 
  these 
  trt-es 
  at 
  flowering 
  time 
  the 
  following 
  characters 
  

   seem 
  to 
  me 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  most 
  available 
  ones 
  for 
  distinguishing 
  

   them. 
  

  

  White 
  Spruce. 
  

   Young 
  branchlets 
  glabrous. 
  Leaves 
  

   six 
  to 
  eight 
  lines 
  long. 
  Cones 
  oblong 
  

   or 
  cylindrical, 
  deciduous 
  before 
  next 
  

   flowering 
  time. 
  Sterile 
  aments 
  pale, 
  

   supported 
  on 
  slender 
  whitish 
  pedicels 
  

   exserted 
  from 
  the 
  basal 
  cup 
  of 
  scales. 
  

   Fertile 
  aments 
  eight 
  to 
  ten 
  lines 
  long. 
  

   Young 
  leaves 
  visible 
  at 
  flowering 
  time. 
  

  

  Black 
  Spruce. 
  

   Young 
  branchlets 
  pubescent. 
  Leaves 
  

   four 
  to 
  seven 
  lines 
  long. 
  Cones 
  ovate 
  

   or 
  oblong, 
  still 
  on 
  the 
  tree 
  at 
  next 
  

   flowering 
  time. 
  Sterile 
  aments 
  tinged 
  

   with 
  red, 
  sessile 
  in 
  the 
  basal 
  cup 
  of 
  

   scales. 
  Fertile 
  aments 
  five 
  to 
  six 
  lines 
  

   long. 
  Young 
  leaves 
  not 
  yet 
  visible 
  at 
  

   flowering 
  time. 
  

  

  These 
  trees 
  are 
  in 
  flower 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  locality. 
  

   They 
  were 
  in 
  bloom 
  the 
  past 
  season 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Elizabeth- 
  

   town 
  the 
  last 
  week 
  in 
  May. 
  

  

  