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grows very tall, sometimes a hundred and fifty feet, and 
flourishes as well in America as in Europe. The cones 
are four or five inches long. Its wood is known in 
Europe as deal. 
64. Cypress. In the swamps of our southern states, 
from Maryland south along the Gulf of Mexico, are 
found great dark forests of 
the bald cypress. 
They grow directly out 
of the water and are famous 
for a peculiar formation of 
the roots called cypress 
knees, —lumpy growths 
which come up out of the 
water as if they were in 
search of air. The cypress 
is a tall, spirelike tree, 
which has the most deli- 
Fie. 127. Cypress cate, feathery needles im- 
aginable. They drop off in the fall, so that the tree 
is sometimes called deciduous cypress. The cones are 
roundish and about an inch long. The timber furnished 
by this tree is very handsome in grain and valuable for 
many parts of buildings, especially inside finishing. 
65. The Balsam Fir, or‘our famous Christmas tree, is 
noted for its great healing qualities. In fact, sanitaria 
