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whereas no cattle could enter the Wilderness to injure the spruce growingthere. Besides the tree mentioned, other anomalies, equally interesting,

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occur in two specimens, also of Norwayspruce, which were blown down a greatmany years ago. The gardener, Mr.

Young, has been at the Whim 15 years;and, during that period, no difference,he says, has been observable on the ho-rizontal portions; but he knows consi-derable alteration in the upright stems,both as regards their circumference andheight. One of these is called the Man-of-War Spruce. ( Fig. 2217., to a scaleof 1 in. to 12 ft.) It has four stems, dif-fering in height and distance from eachother, as represented in the figure; thetallest being 34 ft. in height from theground. At first sight, this tree seemsto derive its principal nourishment fromthe lower portion of the root, at the ex-tremity of the fallen stem : such, how-&v er, is not the case; for, on diggingbeside the horizontal trunk, severalstrong roots were found to have pro-ceeded from the under portion of it, andthese roots spread out many feet, at afew inches under the surface. In theother specimens (Jig. 2218., to a scale°f 1 in. to 12 ft.), roots were seen pro-truding above ground, from the side ofthe horizontal stem ; and, when ex-amined by digging, the under surface was also found to have produced