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THE CANADIAN FORESTER S 



finally transplanted into ^ its permanent location, being 

 then three or four years old. 



The white spruce attains a height of about fifty feet, 

 and a diameter of two feet at the base. Forests composed 



31. — Leaves and cone of white-spruce. 



of these trees may be felled every ten or fifteen years for 

 lumbering purposes, provided that all trees less 

 than a foot in diameter be left standing. White 

 spruce makes fair firewood and good building 

 timbor ; but it soon rots if exposed to the air, 

 and, viewed from this point, is inferior to pine. 

 The quality of the wood depends entirely on 

 ■Winged the soil in wh'ch the tree is grown. Engrav- 

 spruce. ing No. 3^, p. 5t, shows the white spruce, 



No. 31, a bough, and No. 32, its seed. 



Abies Americana — Double-Balsam-Fir. Abies Balsamifera — 

 Balsam-Fir. 



The fir, a very common tree in this country, prefers a 

 moist soil, and does not disdain a marshy one. The 

 seed, which matures in the fall, must be sown at 

 once, as it easily loses its germinating power, and 



32' 



seed of white. 



