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reaches a foot in diameter, which is not the case with 

 the other spruces. As regards other matters, including 

 its cultivation, all that I have said about the white 



37. — Leaves and cone of Norway spruce. 



spruce applies to the Norway spruce. EngraAi-ing No. 36, 

 p, 61, shows the Norway spruce ; No. 3*7 represents one 

 of its branches, and No. 38 its seed. 



Abies Nigra — Black-Spruce. 



Every thing I have said about the white-spruce is 

 H applicable to the black-spruce. The only marked 



^f^ differences between the two kinds are, that the 

 f black-spruce, in suitable soils, attains a height 

 3B.-Seedsofof hundred feet, and is a little inferior to the 



spruce, other in the quality of its wood for the 

 joiner's use. 



With the tender shoots of the black spruce is made 

 the noted spruce beer, the favourite beverage of the 

 Canadian during the summer months. The engraving 

 No. 38, p. 63, represents a bough of the black spruce, 

 with its cone and seed. 



