JANUARY. 
resembles the Tillandsia Usneoides of the Southern States^ 
but only in appearance : it is probably an Usnea, 
C, — How different is the appearance of a young hem- 
lock from that of an old one ! the former has a feathery and 
graceful lightness^ bending to the slightest breeze ; but when 
old it has become sturdy, the bark rough and deeply fur- 
rowed^ full of gnarled snags, and broken limbs, the top 
generally Wight ed and dead, and the foliage almost deprived 
of that pencilled grace which gave such a charm to its 
youthful days. 
YOUNG HEMLOCK. OLD HEMLOCK. 
Pinus Canadensis. 
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