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 .. . kness. Theleaves strongly resemble those of the Balm of Gilead or BalsamFir. The cones are about three inches long, terminal, andsingle, composed of a very small number of wide, rounded,entire, persistent scales, from between which are seen to issuethe remarkable, at length reflected, trifid bractes, of whic
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 .. . kness. Theleaves strongly resemble those of the Balm of Gilead or BalsamFir. The cones are about three inches long, terminal, andsingle, composed of a very small number of wide, rounded,entire, persistent scales, from between which are seen to issuethe remarkable, at length reflected, trifid bractes, of which thecentral segment is slender and elongated. The leaves, aboutone inch long, are rather numerous, spread out in two direc-tions and in several rows, dark green above and silvery male catkins are short, dense, and roundish. The anthersobcordate, very short, two-celled; the crest very short, obtuse,tubercular. The timber is heavy and firm, with few knots, about asyellow, nearly, as that of the Yew, and not liable to ;:s have Ijeen sawn of it at Fort Vancouver, where a saw-mill has been estaljlished; l)ut I am not aware of their rate of growth in London appears to be nearly about thatof the Comuion European Spruce. A plant at Dropmore, in l\
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