524. This wood, which is also called "Newfoundland Red Pine," is from a large tree which grows in Nova Scotia and about Hudson's Bay, where it attains a height of 70 to 80 feet. The timber of the red spruce is universally preferred throughout the United States for the yards of ships; and for that purpose it is also imported into this country from Nova Scotia.

Michaux says that the red spruce is in no way inferior to the black spruce in the quality of its timber, and it "unites in the highest degree all the good qualities that characterize the species." He also states that instead of being a low tree it is superior in size to the black spruce, as it generally grows in richer soil, and that the wood is reddish instead of being white. In Lawson's 'Manual' it is stated that the red spruce differs essentially both from the white and black species in all its parts, and particularly in its leaves, which are more slender and sharper pointed than either of the others.