THE SPRUCE FIR. 



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all other trees ; but it is rather disagreeable to see 

 a repetition of these feathery strata, beautiful as 

 they are, reared tier above tier in regular order, 



CONES OP SPRUCE FIR. 



from the bottom of a tree to the top. Its per- 

 pendicular stem, also, which has seldom any 

 lineal variety, makes the appearance of the tree 



