HEMLOCK SPRUCE. 
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times carried to Baltimore. Its deep red color is imparted to the leather, 
and I have been informed by tanners that it is inferior to Oak bark, but 
that the two species united are better than either of them alone. Hemlock 
Spruce bark was once exported to England, but thé commerce has ceased 
with the demand. The Indians are said to use it in dyeing their light 
baskets made of Red Maple. 
This species yields seed in many gardens of France, England and Ger- 
many ; but in France its vegetation is not luxuriant, because it is usually 
planted in situations too open and dry. It offers no inducement to propa- 
gate it in Europe. 
The figure in Sir A. B. Lambert’s woi’k is correct, but he repeatedly 
errs in the brief description annexed, and takes no notice of the peculiar 
property of the bark. 
PLATE CXLIX. 
A branch with a cone of the natural size. Fig. 1 , A seed. 
[This is one of the most beautiful trees of the family; its tufted foliage, 
tapering branchlets, and the smoothness of its limbs, and its small delicate 
terminal cones, and the majestic gracefulness of full grown specimens, 
should strongly recommend it to those who are unselfish enough to plant 
for posterity. The cones are mature in the autumn, and shed their seeds 
then and during the winter. The Hemlock is patient of the knife, and con- 
sequently makes a highly ornamental hedge. By being planted in double 
or triple rows, it forms in a few years an impenetrable evergreen wall, 
which would be invaluable for shelter from north-west winds. I have seen 
hedges of this kind in America quite equal if not superior to any other 
in ornamental appearance. In the beginning of summer the delicate 
green branches, surmounted with a tuft of yellowish-green recent leaves, 
have an effect of peculiar beauty.] 
