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This liandsome Spruce considerably re- 

 sembles the Balsiun Fir in habit of developing 

 wlien isolated a synmietrical narroxv pyraiiiiilal 

 lieud of dense foliafie, and then usually does 

 attain a greater height east of the Rocky 

 Mountains than 50 or bO ft. When crowded 

 in forests it attains a much greater beigiit, 

 sometimes even 1.50 ft., with straight truid< 

 .V4 ft. in diameter, lis bark is rcddisli brii«n, 

 rough with irregular scales and its foliage has 

 a marked and characteristic rank odor. In 

 company with the Aspen, Canoe Birch, Balsam, 

 Blaek Spruce, etc., it beuitifies the banks of 

 streams and lake shores of the far north, 

 scarcely finding e\en in the climate of our 

 northernmost states a temperature c:i!J 

 enough for its best development. 



The physical properties and uses of the wo > 1 

 of the White Spruce ai"e quite the same as 

 tliose of the Red Spruce. A cid)ic foot when 

 thoroughly seasoned we'glis 2,"). 25 lb .- 



Lcnreft Vt-1 in. loivi;. incurxcd and cniwdiMl (in 

 the top of the branchlets. 4-sided with stoniata nn 

 each side, glaucous ^reen and with sharj) ri;.nd 

 tips; branchlets j^lanreus. /''/oacr.s- appear in 

 Ma.v, oblong-cylindrical ; starninate reddish ycl- 

 Ifiw ; pistillate greenish red with broad rounded 

 entire scales and denlienlate bracts. C'fnrs 

 nodding, slender, el)lnng-cylindrical, nearly sessile, 

 about 2 in. long, mostly tiiiline; in antumn ; ohinse 

 at apex and with very thin ui^arly orbicular scales 

 truncate or sometimes rctuse and entire at ape.x : 

 seeds about Vs in. long with large wing oblii|ui' al 

 n\>rx. 



1. Syn. Pica alba lank. 

 ■2. A. W.. IV, 100 



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