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tiny cone, less than half an inch long, has from six 

 to ten pointless scales, grows in an inverted position 

 on the branchlet, is of a light yellow-brown color, and 

 opens to the very iase when ripe. The bark of the 

 tree is fibrous, dull gray-brown, and on some speci- 



mens it grows in a somewhat spiral fashion about the 

 trunk. 



Arbor vitse is found in swamps and cool, moist 

 woods, from E'ew York southward along the Alle- 

 ghany Mountains to JSTorth Carolina ; westward it ex- 

 tends to Minnesota. It grows from 20 to 50 feet 



