WHITE SPRUCE (Picea Canacleneis, B. S. & P.). 60 to 150 feet. Broadly pyramidal, open head of wide-spreading, stout branches, with upward-sweeping ends, smooth, orange brown, becoming gray. Bark thin, pale gray, scaly, turning brownish. Wood light, soft, yellow, weak, straight-grained, used for lumber and wood pulp. Leaves 4-sided, pea green (silvery at first), / to I inch long, twisted to spread on upper side of twig. Flowers in solitary, cone-like clusters, pale
red, turning yellow. Fruits cylindrical, blunt cones, stalked, about e inches long, with thin, blunt, or notched scales, falling soon after seeds. Dist.: Northern Canada and Alaska, south to northern tier of states.