The tree book : A popular guide to a knowledge of the trees of North America and to their uses and cultivation . ^ . THE WHITE SPRUCE (Picea Canadensis)Dark blue-green or pale blue foliage, leaves crowded on smooth twigs, cone slenderly cylindrical, 2 inches long, with thin,flexible, entire scales—these traits belong to this species. The white wood is now much in demand for making paper. Thepale leaves and bark give the tree its name THE BLACK SPRUCE (Picea Mariana) This tree has pubescent twigs and spiny, blue-green foilage. The little oval cones, which become globose as their stiffscales spr
The tree book : A popular guide to a knowledge of the trees of North America and to their uses and cultivation . ^ . THE WHITE SPRUCE (Picea Canadensis)Dark blue-green or pale blue foliage, leaves crowded on smooth twigs, cone slenderly cylindrical, 2 inches long, with thin,flexible, entire scales—these traits belong to this species. The white wood is now much in demand for making paper. Thepale leaves and bark give the tree its name THE BLACK SPRUCE (Picea Mariana) This tree has pubescent twigs and spiny, blue-green foilage. The little oval cones, which become globose as their stiffscales spread, cling for years. There seems to be little justification for the word black in its name, for bark is greyish-brown,and the wood pale yellow. Yet a Northern boc, clothed with acres of this growth is a sombre, monotonous stretrh The Larches growing. In autumn they wake up, turn themselves about(which seems quite unnecessary), and sitting quite erecton the twigs, part their brown scales, daring the wind tocapture and carry off the winged seeds. There is plentyof time, for the ripe cones remain where they
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