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vjo Woodcraft Manual for Girls the hardest vegetable growth in our woods. Wisconsin to -Nova Scotia and south on the mountains to Georgia. Hemlock Balsam Tree or Canada Balsam {Abies balsamed) Evergreen; famous for the blisters on its trunk, yieldnig Canada balsam which makes a woodman's plaster for cuts Balsam or a waterproof cement; and for the exquisite odor of its boughs, which also supply the woodman's ideal bed. Its flat leafage is distinctive. Wood pale, weak, soft, perishable. A cubic foot weighs 24 lbs. New Alberta to Newfoundland and south to Virgina.