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Ornamentally, the spruces rank very high, possibly exceeding the 

 pines in some respects. They are more symmetrical and compact 

 during youth but tend to lose their shape with age. There is 

 considerable variety in their forms, ranging from the stiff Colo- 

 rado Spruces through the delicate- foliaged Oriental Spruce to the 

 pendulous Brewer's Weeping Spruce. 



Commercially, the spruces are less important than the pines, so 

 far as lumber is concerned. For paper pulp, however, especially 

 in Canada and the northeastern states, they have long been re- 

 garded as the best source and great forests have gone into paper 

 manufacture. 



