Hemlock Spruce

We require an infusion of hemlock-spruce or arbor-vitae in our tea. ❋ Various (N/A)

The hemlock-spruce, as it is sometimes called, is, I think, the most beautiful of the family. ❋ Ella Rodman Church (N/A)

We require an infusion of hemlock-spruce or arbor-vitæ in our tea. ❋ Unknown (1914)

Said Felix Adler to his hemlock-spruce, "Vivat, crescat, floreat"; and a sentiment much like it was implied in Sol Smith Russell's words to the grove's master as they finished putting in his linden together -- for he was just then proposing to play Rip Van Winkle, which Joseph Jefferson had finally decided to produce no more: "Here's to your healt ', undt der healt' of all your family; may you lif long undt brosper." ❋ George Washington Cable (1884)

The hemlock-spruce is slower of growth than the pines, but its wood is of very little value. ❋ Unknown (1874)

The oak lives longer than the pine, and the hemlock-spruce is perhaps equally long lived. ❋ Unknown (1874)

Abies Canadensis (hemlock-spruce), not abundant, some on the West Branch, and a little everywhere. ❋ Unknown (1858)

The fragrant carpet of cedar or hemlock-spruce sprigs strewn lightly over the earthen floor, was to them a luxury as great as if it had been taken from the looms of Persia or Turkey, so happy and contented were they in their ignorance. ❋ Catharine Parr Strickland Traill (1850)

Atkinson's is something more, and Felix Adler's hemlock-spruce, the maple of Anthony Hope Hawkins, L. Clark Seelye's English ash, Henry van ❋ George Washington Cable (1884)