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Forestry Balsam Tree or Canada Balsam. (Abies balsamea) Evergreen; famous for the blisters on its trunk, yielding Canada Bal- sam which makes a woodman's plaster for cuts or a waterproof cement; and for the exquisite odor of its boughs, which also supply the woodmen's ideal bed. Its flat leafage is distinctive. Wood pale, weak, soft, perishable. A cubic foot weighs 24 lbs. The name ' ' balsam ' ' was given