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CHAPTER VIII. 



FOREST-TREES INDIGENOUS IN PRINCE EDWARD's ISLAND. 



Prince Edward's Island contains the following species, 

 all of which have been already described : 



Abies alba While-spruce. 



Abies Americana.... Double-balsam iir. 



Abies balsamifera Balsam-lir. 



Abies excelsa Norway spruce. 



Abies nigra ..Black-spruce. 



Acer Pennsylvanioum Striped-maple. 



Acer rubrum , Red-maple. 



Acer sacoharinum.. Sugar-maple. 



Acer spicatum Mountain-maple. 



Betula excelsa Yellow-birch. 



Betula lenta.. Black-birch. 



Betula nigra Red-birch. 



Betula papyrifera Canoe-birch. 



Betula populifolia Poplar-leaved birch. 



Carpinus Americana - ......Hornbeam. 



Fagus sylvatica Beech. 



Fraxinus Americana White-oak. 



Fraxinus pubescens Red-oak. 



Fraxinus sambucifolia Black-oak. 



Larix Americana American larch. 



Ostrya Virginica Ironwood. 



Pinus Banksiana Cypress. 



Pinus r.esinosa Red-pine. 



Pinus strbbus Weymouth or white-pinei 



Populus balsamifera Balsam-poplar. 



Populus Canadensis Cotton-wood. 



Populus grandidentata Large-toothed aspen, 



Populus tremuloides; American aspen. 



Salix alba : Wh'te-willow. 



Salix vitellina Yellow-willow. 



Sorbus Americana Mountain-ash. 



Thuya occidentalis Arbor vilae. 



Tsuga Canadensis Hemlock. 



Ulmus Americana American elm. 



All these are common over the entire island, except 



