The North American sylva; or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada and Nova ScotiaConsidered particularly with respect to their use in the arts and their introduction into commerceTo which is added a description of the most useful of the European forest trees .. . tains; and in the northern and alpine partsof Siberia it is of frequent occurrence, sometimes with otherspecies, at other times forming by itself extensive tracts offorest. A dwarf variety exists throughout Kamtschatka. Thetrunk of the ordinary kind is perfectly erect, nearly free frombranches to the summit,
The North American sylva; or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada and Nova ScotiaConsidered particularly with respect to their use in the arts and their introduction into commerceTo which is added a description of the most useful of the European forest trees .. . tains; and in the northern and alpine partsof Siberia it is of frequent occurrence, sometimes with otherspecies, at other times forming by itself extensive tracts offorest. A dwarf variety exists throughout Kamtschatka. Thetrunk of the ordinary kind is perfectly erect, nearly free frombranches to the summit, and not unfrequently attains the heightof one hundred and twenty feet, with a diameter of three feetnear the root. The nuts are sent to all parts of Russia asdainties, and are greedily sought by various wild animals. InSiberia the seeds of the Cembra are sometimes produced inimmense quantities, at which time they form, according toGinelin, about the sole winter-food of the peasantry. From thevery resinous immature cones is obtained a very fragrant andcelebrated oil, known under the name of Carpathian Balsam. The Cembra grows slowly, the wood is white, somewhatresinous, and of a lax texture, similar to that of fir-wood, butless tenacious, Mr. Lambert, however, remarks that it has a. Fiirkir coriedTi n c Pmus SiibTniann Pfji cf( •IdOirif ajrffnd coiier SABINES OR PRICKLY-CONED ]I N K. 1<;:) finer grain than common cloal. It yields abiindanee of a IVa-grant, yellowish, hard, pelhicid resin. The variety P. Cemhra Ilehctlca, of Switzerland, iirows w ilhremarkable slowness, according to Kastholer. A tree with atrunk of the diameter of nineteen inches, when cut down wasfound to have three hundred and fifty-three concentric circles,(indicative of so many years growth.) The wood is wvy fra-grant and retains its odor for centuries, which pcrlumc thmiiiliso agreeable to man, is so oflensive to bugs and moths as todeter them from infesting rooms where it is used, cither as
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