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beautifully pendent, and greatly increase the beauty of an 
old tree of this kind. 
The Norway Spruce is the great tree of the Alps ; and 
as a park tree, to stand alone, we scarcely know a more 
beautiful one. It then generally branches not quite down 
to the ground ; and its fine, sweeping, feathery branches 
hang down in the most graceful and pleasing manner. 
There are some superb specimens of this species in various 
gardens of the middle states, 80 or 100 feet high. 
The Black, or Double Spruce {A. nigra), sometimes also 
called the Red Spruce, is very common in the north ; and, 
according to Michaux, forms a third part of the forests of 
Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, as well as New Bruns- 
wick and Lower Canada. The leaves are quite short and 
stiff, and clothe the young branches around the whole 
surface ; and the whole tree, where it much abounds, has 
rather a gloomy aspect. In the favorable humid black soils 
of those countries, the Black Spruce grows 70 feet high, 
forming a fine tall pyramid of verdure. But it is rarely 
found in abundance further south, except in swamps, where 
its growth is much less strong and vigorous. Mingled 
with other evergreens, it adds to the variety, and the 
peculiar coloring of its foliage gives value to the livelier 
tints of other species of Pine and Fir. 
The White or Single Spruce (A. alba) is a smaller and 
less common tree than the foregoing, though it is often 
found in the same situations. The leaves are more thinly 
arranged on the young shoots, and they are longer and 
project more from the branches. The color, however, is a 
distinguishing characteristic between the two sorts ; for 
while in the Black Spruce it is very dark, in this species it 
