THE SILVER FIR. 515 
in composition. It is a curious fact that, unlike 
the majority of Trees, its growth is less rapid 
when it is young than after it has attained the 
age of about ten years. Its timber, which is 
whitish in colour and elastic, with an irregular 
grain, is employed for almost every kind of car- 
pentry, whilst the living Tree furnishes an abun- 
dance of resinous products. 
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