542 OUR WOODLAND TREES. 
sides, but are scattered pretty evenly over their 
whole surface. It produces its flowers in May, 
but does not perfect its cones until the following 
year. 
The cones of the Spruce Fir (a figure of one, with 
a few leaves, is given on this page), are much longer 
than they are broad, being usually from five to 
seven inches in length, but not more than two 
inches in breadth at their widest part. They hang 
from the twigs on which they grow, and from 
out of them fall winged seeds in the due season 
of ripening. | 
