The sylva americana; or, A description of the forest trees indigenous to the United States, practically and botanically considered . ? \ \ %- SYLVA AMERICANA. PART II. DENDROLOGY. ABIES. Monoecia Monadelpliia. Linn. ConiferiB. Juss. Expectorant,secernant, stimulant. White or Single Spkuce. Abies alba. This tree, which appertainsto the coldest regions ofNorth America, is called inCanada Epinette blanche^ inNova Scotia White Spruce,and in New Brunswick andthe state of Maine SingleSpruce. As the last twodenominations are generally-known, we have adopted thatwhich appeared the best. Itis most abun
The sylva americana; or, A description of the forest trees indigenous to the United States, practically and botanically considered . ? \ \ %- SYLVA AMERICANA. PART II. DENDROLOGY. ABIES. Monoecia Monadelpliia. Linn. ConiferiB. Juss. Expectorant,secernant, stimulant. White or Single Spkuce. Abies alba. This tree, which appertainsto the coldest regions ofNorth America, is called inCanada Epinette blanche^ inNova Scotia White Spruce,and in New Brunswick andthe state of Maine SingleSpruce. As the last twodenominations are generally-known, we have adopted thatwhich appeared the best. Itis most abundant in LowerCanada, Newfoundland, NewBrunswick, Nova Scotia, inMaine,Vermont, New Hamp- PLATE 1. A branch with a cone. Fig. 2. A seed. shirO and MaSSachuSCttS, but is rarely seen farther south except in cold and humid situations in which the white spruce is the most abundant isof a moist sandy 94 SYLVA AMERICANA. It usually attains the height of 40 or 50 feet, and a diameterof 12 or 16 inches at three feet from the ground. Its trunk ismore tapering than the black spruce, and like which is a regularpyramid, but less branching and tufted. The bark is lightercolored, and the difference is more striking upon the youngshoots. The leaves are of a pale, bluish green, whence is derivedits specific name alba, about four lines in length, encompassingthe branches like the black species, but less numerous, morepointed and at a more open angle with the branches. It flowersin May or June, which are succeeded by reddish cones of alengthened oval form, about two inches in one direction, and sixor eight lines in the other : the dimensions vary according to thevigor of the tree, but the form is unchangeable. The scales areloose and thin, with entire edges, unlike those of the blackspruce. The seeds, also, are rather smaller, and are ripe aboutthe end of autumn. The wood is employed for the s
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