WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND TREES. 
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regular tiers from base to summit, and the branchlets go off 
almost opposite each other, densely clothed with the short 
grass-green needles. These are from a half to three-quarters of 
an inch in length, four-sided, and ending in a fine sharp point. 
They endure for six or seven years. 
The flowers are produced near the ends of last year’s shoots. 
Spruce Fir. 
those with stamens being borne singly or in clusters of two or 
three. They are about three-quarters of an inch in length, and 
of a yellow colour, tinged with pink. The cones, which hang 
downwards, are almost cylindrical, about 5 inches long and li 
inches in diameter. The pale brown scales are thin, and loosely 
overlap. The seeds, of which there are two under each scale, 
are very small, with a transparent brown wing, five times the 
