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WUUIJ AXD FOItKST. 



Habitat. 



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White Spruce. 

 Ficca canadensis (Miller) B. S. P. Picra alba Link. 



Picea, the classical Latin name; while and alba refers to the pale color 

 of the leaves, especially \yhen young, and to the whitish bark. 



Habitat: (See map) . 



Cliaracteristics of the 

 Tree: Height, 60'-100' 

 and even 150'; diameter, 

 l'-2' and even 4': long, 

 thick brandies ; bark, 

 light grayish brown, sep- 

 arating into thin plate-like 

 scales, rather sniootli ap- 

 pearance, resin from cnts 

 forms white gum : leaves, 

 set thickly on all sides of 

 branch, finer than red 

 spruce, odor disagreeable ; 

 cones, 2" long, cylindrical, 

 slender, fall during sec- 

 ond Slimmer. 



Appearance of Wood : 



Color, light yelhiw, sap- 

 wood, hardly distinguish- 

 able; non-porous; rings, 

 \\dde, summer wood thin, 

 not conspicuous ; grain, 

 straight; rays, numerous, 

 liroiniiient ; resin ducts, 

 [.caf. ft'w and minute. 



